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The Breaking "Bad Rest" Study: Interrupting Sedentary Time to Reverse Frailty Levels in Acute Care

NCT03682523 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2023-08-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will determine whether an intervention aimed at reducing sedentary time in patients admitted to acute care will result in decreased frailty levels at hospital discharge, compared to the current standard of care. All patients will be fitted with accelerometers then randomised to the control or intervention group. The control group will receive only standard of care while in hospital. Participants in the intervention group will engage in daily goal setting for time out-of-bed and have access to real-time feedback on a bedside monitor. Participants in the intervention group will also received assisted mobilization if they have not met their daily goal by the late afternoon. The main outcome is frailty, assessed by a frailty index.

Conditions

  • Sedentary Lifestyle

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Sedentary behavior reduction intervention

Participants will be provided with a device to measure physical activity and sedentary behaviours. A tablet will be in the research office and each afternoon, it will be synced to the device to assess the activity progress of the patient. The research team will deliver an upright time goal and will target a 20% increase in upright time from the previous hospital day. Physiotherapist research assistants will visit the participants every afternoon to monitor progress and safely mobilize participants to their maximum ability if they have not met their daily goal (including weekend). The maximum level of ability will be determined in consultation with the healthcare team. Participants who do not meet their goal will be mobilized in the late afternoon/ early evening.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Olga Theou

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Olga Theou, PhD · Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-04-07
Primary Completion
2023-07-20
Completion
2023-07-20

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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