Association of Wearable Activity Monitors With Assessment of Daily Ambulation and Length of Stay Among Patients Undergoing Major Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Early postoperative ambulation is vital to minimizing length of stay (LOS), but few hospitals objectively measure ambulation to predict outcomes. Wearable activity monitors have the potential to transform assessment of postoperative ambulation, but key implementation data, including whether digitally monitored step count can identify patients at risk for poor efficiency outcomes, are lacking.

Objectives

To define the distribution of digitally measured daily step counts after major inpatient surgical procedures, to assess the accuracy of physician assessment and ordering of ambulation, and to quantify the association of digitally measured step count with LOS.

Design, setting, and participants

Prospective cohort study at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, an urban

SUBMITTER: Daskivich TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6484591 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature