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Technology Assisted Physical Activity Among Hospitalised Medical Patients

NCT04555330 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 354

Last updated 2023-11-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Research show that inactivity during hospitalization is the norm and that the negative effects on muscle mass and the fitness of the patient will take a long time and hard work to recover afterwards.

Especially for weaker elderly patients, just a few days in bed could mean that they are not able to take care of themselves afterwards, with increased care expenses and increased risk of relapse as a consequence. Even though this is known, the work to motivate patients to be active during their hospitalization is limited to few training sessions with only the most vulnerable patients. No tools are today available for objectively tracking and motivating patients to be active during their stay. Having such a professional tool would not only motivate but also shift the attention of the health professionals towards the importance of physical activity in the treatment of the patient.

The aim of the studys is to investigate if patients hospitalised for medical disease will increase their time spent out of bed during hospitalisation through simple visual feedback about physical activities from a mobile bedside device.

Conditions

  • Pulmonary Disease
  • Cardiac Disease
  • Geriatric Disease

Interventions

DEVICE

Physical activity measurement

To assess physical activity two small tri-axial accelerometers embedded in medical Band-Aids will be used. The accelerometers are discretely worn on the lateral aspect of the thigh. The accelerometers sample accelerations continuously during hospitalisation and are connected wirelessly to a tablet that via an inbuilt algorithm classify the recordings as bedridden (lying down), sitting, standing, and walking.

DEVICE

Visual Feedback

The tablet will be placed on the patients bedside table and provides feedback on the amount of physical activity and motivational imagesand texts that will be visible for the patients, the health care staff and visitors.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Marius Henriksen

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-06-11
Primary Completion
2022-02-28
Completion
2022-02-28

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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