Effects of Implementation of a Supervised Walking Program in Veterans Affairs Hospitals : A Stepped-Wedge, Cluster Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In trials, hospital walking programs have been shown to improve functional ability after discharge, but little evidence exists about their effectiveness under routine practice conditions.

Objective

To evaluate the effect of implementation of a supervised walking program known as STRIDE (AssiSTed EaRly MobIlity for HospitalizeD VEterans) on discharge to a skilled-nursing facility (SNF), length of stay (LOS), and inpatient falls.

Design

Stepped-wedge, cluster randomized trial. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03300336).

Setting

8 Veterans Affairs hospitals from 20 August 2017 to 19 August 2019.

Patients

Analyses included hospitalizations involving patients aged 60 years or older who were community dwelling and admitted for 2 or more days to a participati

SUBMITTER: Hastings SN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10416141 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature