Development and Feasibility of a Mobile Health–Supported Comprehensive Intervention Model (CIMmH) for Improving the Quality of Life of Patients With Esophageal Cancer After Esophagectomy: Prospective, Single-Arm, Nonrandomized Pilot Study

Chao Cheng   ^{1 *} , MD, PhD ;   Rainbow Tin Hung Ho   ^{2, 3 *} , PhD ;   Yan Guo   ^{4, 5, 6 *} , PhD ;   Mengting Zhu   ⁴ , BS ;   Weixiong Yang   ¹ , MD ;   Yiran Li   ⁴ , MB ;   Zhenguo Liu   ¹ , MD ;   Shuyu Zhuo   ⁷ , MD ;   Qi Liang   ⁸ , MD ;   Zhenghong Chen   ⁸ , BS ;   Yu Zeng   ⁴ , MB ;   Jiali Yang   ¹ , MD ;   Zhanfei Zhang   ¹ , MD ;   Xu Zhang   ⁹ , MD ;   Aliza Monroe-Wise   ¹⁰ , MSc, MD ;   Sai-Ching Yeung   ¹¹ , MD

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

² Department of Social Work & Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

³ Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

⁴ Department of Medical statistics, School of Public Health, Sun-Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

⁵ Sun Yat-sen Center for Migrant Health Policy, Guangzhou, China

⁶ Sun Yat-sen Center for Global Health, Guangzhou, China

⁷ Department of Clinical Nutrition, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

⁸ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

⁹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China

¹⁰ Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

¹¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States

*these authors contributed equally