Variations in physical activity and sedentary behavior during and after hospitalization in acutely admitted older medical patients: a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inactivity is frequent among older patients during hospitalization. It is unknown how patients' daily activity pattern (diurnal profile) vary between hospitalization and after discharge. This study aims to describe and compare the distribution of physical activity and sedentary behavior in acutely hospitalized older patients during hospitalization and after discharge.

Methods

We included data on 80 patients (+65 years) admitted with acute medical illness from the STAND-Cph trial. Physical activity and sedentary behavior were measured as daily number of steps, uptime (walking/standing) and sedentary behavior (lying/sitting) with an activity monitor (activPAL3, PAL Technologies Ltd). The patients wore the monitor for three periods of one week: during hospitalization

SUBMITTER: Jawad BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8925078 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature