Association Between Inpatient Steps Per Day and Patient Functional Status/Disposition
- Conditions
- Physical Medicine
- Registration Number
- NCT03595605
- Lead Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
- 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.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 51
- 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
- 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
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Determine how many steps patients admitted to the medicine units are taking at baseline 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 Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
New York University School of Medicine
🇺🇸New York, New York, United States
New York University School of Medicine🇺🇸New York, New York, United States