Walk With a Doc: Enhanced Recovery Walking Program for Surgical Inpatients and Wellness Program for Surgical Residents

• Conditions: Resident Physicians; Complication of Surgical Procedure

• Registration Number: NCT05211531
• Lead Sponsor: Richard Perugini

Brief Summary

Program studying the number of steps post-operative patients need to take to prevent post-operative complications. Also studying surgical resident wellness program that provides extra time to ambulate with inpatients.

Detailed Description

Program studying the number of steps post-operative patients need to take to prevent post-operative complications. Patients receive a pedometer while inpatient to measure their daily steps, which is recorded in the electronic medical record.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-08-01
• Status Verified: 2022-01
• Study First Submitted: 2022-01-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-01-24
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-01-24
• Study First Posted: 2022-01-27
• Last Update Posted: 2022-01-27
• Primary Completion: 2023-08-01
• Study Completion: 2024-08-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• Post-operative surgical patient with an over 24 hour post-operative stay in the hospital
• Safe to ambulate with/without assistance

Exclusion Criteria

• Unable to ambulate
• Bedbound

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Total number of steps	From index surgery to initial post-operative office visit, up to 3 weeks	Total number of steps ambulated by the patient as measured by a pedometer
30 day Post-operative complications	30 days	30 day Post-operative complications

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UMASS Memorial Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Worcester, Massachusetts, United States