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To assess the feasibility of a noncontact radio sensor as an objective measurement tool to study postoperative recovery from endometriosis surgery.

Prospective cohort pilot study.

Center for minimally invasive gynecologic surgery at an academically affiliated community hospital in conjunction with in-home monitoring.

Patients aged above 18 years who sleep independently and were scheduled to have laparoscopy for the diagnosis and treatment of suspected endometriosis.

A wireless, noncontact sensor, Emerald, was installed in the subjects’ home and used to capture physiologic signals without body contact. The device captured objective data about the patients’ movement and sleep in their home for 5 weeks before surgery and approximately 5 weeks postoperatively. The subjects were concurrently asked to complete a daily pain assessment using a numeric …