Physical therapy to improve physical activity by exercise during hospitalizatio
- Conditions
- abdominal and transplantation surgeryphysical therapy10017998
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON41893
- Lead Sponsor
- eids Universitair Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
-18 years and older
-Living self-dependent
-Scheduled surgery
-Insufficient knowledge of the Dutch language to be able to fill in a questionnaire and to understand the information strategy (Dutch movie, Dutch app and Dutch information).
-Not able to wear or control an activity monitor during 7 days and to return this by postal mail.
-Visual or hearing problems that make it impossible to use the movie and the app properly.
-Postoperative conditions preventing participation the strategy or completing the assessments.
-Cognitive problems that prevent participation the strategy or completing the assessments.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Effect<br /><br>The primary outcome is the amount of daily physical activity during admission<br /><br>and during the 2nd week after discharge measured with an activity monitor (the<br /><br>Activ8) and a questionnaire about physical activity during hospitalization<br /><br>(diary).<br /><br><br /><br>Feasibility<br /><br>The evaluation process also involves percentage of patients meeting inclusion<br /><br>criteria and participates in the study, the compliance (adherence) with the<br /><br>different components of the intervention, and the percentage of patients ><br /><br>completes 80% of the measurements. In addition, care providers and patients<br /><br>registered with the intervention are evaluated on their the experiences<br /><br>(questionnaires) .</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secondary outcomes include quality of life (EQ5 -D, SF-36) and the demand of<br /><br>care in the 1st month after discharge.</p><br>