Association Between Inpatient Steps Per Day and Patient Functional Status/Disposition

NYU Langone Health51 enrolled

Overview

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 Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Physical Medicine

Interventions

AmbulationBEHAVIORAL

This group will be encouraged twice daily to ambulate

Standard of CareOTHER

Care as usual at inpatient NYU Langone

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 66 YearsMax age: 100 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

New York University School of Medicine

New York, New York, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Determine how many steps patients admitted to the medicine units are taking at baseline

Steps will be measured using a wearable device (FitBit) designed to track number of steps for the duration of their hospital stay

Time frame: 1 Day

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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