Exercise Intervention and Hospital-Associated Disability: A Nonrandomized Controlled Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Inpatient exercise interventions may prevent, at least partly, hospital-associated disability (HAD) in older adults, but whether they also confer clinical benefits in the months following discharge is unclear.

Objective

To examine the association of exercise and health education with HAD incidence in hospitalized older adults receiving acute hospital care at discharge and 3 months later.

Design, setting, and participants

This single-center open-label, nonrandomized controlled clinical trial included patients aged 75 years or older seen at an acute care for elders unit at a tertiary public hospital in Madrid, Spain, from May 1, 2018, to June 30, 2022.

Interventions

Patients were allocated to an intervention or control group. Both groups received usual

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Lopez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10853827 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature