Association Between Inpatient Steps Per Day and Patient Functional Status/Disposition
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Physical Medicine
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
- Enrollment
- 51
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Determine how many steps patients admitted to the medicine units are taking at baseline
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This study will incorporate the use of wearable actigraphy devices (Fitbit) on research participants admitted to medicine inpatient units at Tisch Hospital and/or NYU Brooklyn. The investigator's sample size will be 600 randomized into two groups, with basic inclusion criteria including age greater than 65 years and pre-hospital ambulatory status. While both groups will be monitored in terms of their activity (specifically pedometer data), the intervention group will have twice daily encouragement of ambulation. Once a subject is enrolled, data will be collected daily and at time of discharge.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Admitted to acute inpatient medicine unit
- •Ambulatory without assistive device prior to hospitalization
- •Medical clearance to ambulate on the unit
- •Active MyChart account or willing to activate MyChart account
- •iOS or Android device
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients less than or equal to 65 years old
- •Not Admitted to acute inpatient medicine unit
- •Ambulatory with assistive device prior to hospitalization
- •No Medical clearance to ambulate on the unit
- •Inactive MyChart account and not willing to activate MyChart account
- •No iOS or Android device
- •In addition, an individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:
- •Oxygen requirement at rest
- •Lower extremity prosthesis
- •Admitted for joint replacement surgery
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Determine how many steps patients admitted to the medicine units are taking at baseline
Time Frame: 1 Day
Steps will be measured using a wearable device (FitBit) designed to track number of steps for the duration of their hospital stay