Effect of goal-directed mobilisation versus standard care on physical functioning among medical inpatients: the GoMob-in randomised, controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the effect of goal-directed mobilisation (GDM) on physical functioning in medical inpatients.

Design

Randomised, controlled, single-centre, parallel, superiority trial with a 3-month follow-up and blinded outcome assessment.

Setting

General internal medicine wards of a Swiss tertiary acute hospital, September 2021 to April 2023.

Participants

Adults with expected hospitalisation of ≥5 days, physiotherapy prescription and ability to follow study procedures.

Intervention

GDM during hospitalisation, which includes personal goal setting and a short session of patient education through a physiotherapist (experimental group), versus standard care (control group).

Outcome measures

The primary outcome was the change in physical activity

SUBMITTER: Liechti FD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11575328 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature