Actigraphy to Measure Physical Activity in the Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In the intensive care unit (ICU), prolonged inactivity is common, increasing patients' risk for adverse outcomes, including ICU-acquired weakness. Hence, interventions to minimize inactivity are gaining popularity, highlighting actigraphy, a measure of activity involving a wristwatch-like accelerometer, as a method to inform these efforts. Therefore, we performed a systematic review of studies that used actigraphy to measure patient activity in the ICU setting.

Data sources

We searched PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, and ProQuest from inception until December 2016.

Study selection

Two reviewers independently screened studies for inclusion. A study was eligible for inclusion if it was published in a peer-reviewed journal and used actigraphy to measu

SUBMITTER: Schwab KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7449762 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature