Association Between Inpatient Steps Per Day and Patient Functional Status/Disposition
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
- Enrollment
- 51
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Determine how many steps patients admitted to the medicine units are taking at baseline
Study 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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 66 Years to 100 Years (Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
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
- •History of frequent falls
- •Admitted for syncope.
- •If patients have specifically opted out of being contacted about research (visible in the Epic header while in their chart)
- •Admitted from nursing home
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
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported