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Implementation and Assessment of the BE-FIT Program

NCT05338528 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2180

Last updated 2025-09-22

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Summary

Lengthy hospitalization and immobility can lead to muscle loss resulting in reduced recovery rates and prolonged hospital stay or readmission. Older adults discharged from hospitals are at an increased risk for functional decline, falls and disability. Daily exercise and physical activities have proven to enhance the recovery and discharge process for older patients from the hospital and ultimately save vast amounts of dollars each year. The aim of this study is to initiate early mobilization and decrease the rate of functional decline in post-surgical older adults' patients in the acute care hospital setting in Alberta, Canada. The investigators are implementing a BE-FIT (BEdside reconditioning for Functional ImprovemenTs) a quality improvement, evidence-based exercise program that focuses on early mobilization and recovery by minimizing bed rest, promoting functional tasks, and encouraging self-management. Patients enrolled in the program will receive a bedside exercise plan to be completed independently throughout their stay in the hospital. Control patients will receive usual care without the added exercise plan. Patient mobility during their hospital stay will be assessed pre and post BE-FIT initiation according to a predetermined mobility scoring system. Secondary outcomes will include: time-to-mobility, length of stay, complication incidence and hospitalization costs.

Conditions

  • Postoperative Complications
  • Mobility
  • Surgery

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

BE-FIT exercise program

BE-FIT is an evidence-based exercise program that focuses on early mobilization and recovery by minimizing bed rest, promoting functional tasks, and encouraging self-management. The intervention ist based on the Mobilization of Vulnerable Elders (MOVE) program and consists of a bedside exercise plan, done independently by the patient without the need for additional rehabilitation or healthcare staff.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Calgary

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Alberta

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rachel G Khadaroo, MD, PhD · University of Alberta

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
110 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-08-01
Primary Completion
2026-06-30
Completion
2026-09-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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