Ban Bedcentricity: A Multifaceted Innovation to Reduce Sedentary Behavior of Patients During the Hospital Stay.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to explore differences in sedentary behavior, length of hospital stay, and discharge destination of patients before and after the Ban Bedcentricity implementation at ward level. The Ban Bedcentricity innovation and implementation procedure were implemented at the cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology, and orthopedics-traumatology wards. Sedentary behavior data were collected 2 weeks before and after the implementation using behavioral observations and analyzed with Pearson chi-square. Length of hospital stay and discharge destination data were collected from all admitted patients and analyzed with multiple and logistic regression analyses. Behavioral observations showed that in 52% of the observations, patients were lying in bed before implementation and 40% afte

SUBMITTER: Koenders N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8280922 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature