Hospitalization Process Effects on Mobility Outcomes and Recovery

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: acute hospitalization; acute illness; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618001761257
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Haifa

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-10-25
• Last Update Posted: 7 October 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1000

Inclusion Criteria

(1) age 70 or older, (2) self-reported pre-admission ability to walk with or without personal or assistive device, (3) cognitively intact or having available caregivers willing to participate based on intermediary reporting, and (4) the patient or the caregiver speaks Hebrew, Arabic, or Russian

Exclusion Criteria

(1) Admission diagnosis of acute Cerbro Vascular Accident (CVA) (2) need for mechanical ventilation, (3) patient admitted for end-of-life care, (4) prescribed mobility restriction for 24 hours or longer, or (5) patient in prescribed isolation.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Subjective changes in functional status between 2 weeks prior to admission and discharge will be measured using the Modified Barthel Index (MBI). [End of hospitalization];2, Functioning objectively using a mobility-associated functional status measure, the De Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI), [discharge]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
One month post discharge, Activities of Daily Living (IADLs), using MBI questioner. [one month post hospitalization]; Alabama at Birmingham Life-Space Assessment (LSA), measuring community mobility. [one month post discharge]