YOOMI: Effect of Gamified Physical Therapy Exercise Software on Inpatient Mobility
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- % of Participants Who Reported "Yes" to Enjoying Their Work Out and Believing They Benefited From the Activity for Intervention Group Questionnaire.
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Patients admitted to the hospital often develop functional impairments due to being in bed most of the day. Each day of bedrest leads to significant muscle loss. As a result, many patients become dependent on others or require rehabilitation at a facility to improve mobility and function prior to returning home. Staff in the hospital is limited and often unable to mobilize patients every day while hospitalized. The investigators are testing a new experimental gamified physical therapy exercise software to see if it can be a fun, enjoyable way to help mobilize patients without the assistance of staff. The primary aim of this pilot/proof of concept study is to determine whether gamified physical therapy software can help inpatients exercise within the safety of their own beds and preserve pre-hospitalization function.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 65 Years to — (Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •>= 65 years of age
- •English-fluency in reading and speaking
- •Capacity to consent
- •Enrolled in HELP program
- •Attending physician confirms there are no medical contraindications to in-bed exercises
Exclusion Criteria
- •Unstable Psychiatric Illness
- •Unstable/Critically Ill Patients requiring ICU-level of care
- •Surgical tube present (e.g. JP drains)
- •Surgery during the hospitalization
- •Bed Rest Activity Order
Arms & Interventions
Usual Care
Usual Care
Gamified Physical Therapy Exercise Software Intervention + Usual Care
Participants randomized to the intervention group will be asked each day by a volunteer whether they would like to use the gamified physical therapy exercise software while in their beds. Participants willing to exercise will have the device set up for them to participate by a volunteer and the software will begin with a tutorial video for different exercises and then ask patients to perform in sequence with prompting and motion tracking. Exercises include Frontal Bicep Curls, Arm Crosses, Press Ups, Arm Rotations, and Basketball Shots.
Intervention: Yoomi Physical Therapy Software (Device)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
% of Participants Who Reported "Yes" to Enjoying Their Work Out and Believing They Benefited From the Activity for Intervention Group Questionnaire.
Time Frame: Collected daily at the end of each workout. Survey responses were averaged for each participant.
% Of participants who reported "yes" to enjoying their work out and believed they benefited from the activity. These are two questions from the survey that were combined. Scale includes "Yes", "Maybe", "No" as possible responses.
Mean Software Utilization Time for Intervention Group (Change is Being Assessed)
Time Frame: Collected daily throughout duration of patient hospitalization, usually 1-2 weeks, Daily minutes were averaged over sessions
Mean Software Utilization Time for Intervention Group was calculated by taking the mean of daily minutes per exercise session per participant, and then calculating the mean minutes utilization time for all participants.
Average Exercise Repetitions Completed for Intervention Group
Time Frame: Collected daily throughout duration of patient hospitalization, usually 1-2 weeks
Completed exercise repetitions per patient were calculated by taking the mean of each participant's daily exercise repetitions and then calculating a mean of all participants.
Secondary Outcomes
- Average Change in Activity Measure for Post Acute Care (AMPAC) Scores(Collected daily throughout duration of patient hospitalization, usually 1-2 weeks, Daily scores were averaged)
- Length of Hospital Stay(Collected at the time of discharge of patient hospitalization, usually 1-2 weeks)
- Discharged Home(Collected at time of discharge, usually 1-2 weeks)
Investigators
Jay Naik MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey