Testing Function Focused Care for Acute Care using the Evidence Integration Triangle: Protocol description.

ABSTRACT: This manuscript provides the protocol for a National Institute of Aging-funded cluster randomized clinical trial that focuses on helping nurses in acute care to engage patients with dementia in physical activity while hospitalized using an approach referred to as function-focused care. Physical activity is defined as bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles resulting in the expenditure of energy and includes functional tasks such as bathing and dressing, leisure activity, ambulation, and moderate and vigorous intensity physical activity such as dancing, bike riding, or walking upstairs. The development of Function Focused Care for Acute Care (FFC-AC) was based on the Social Ecological Model and Social Cognitive Theory and includes four steps: (1) Environment and Policy Assessments; (2)

SUBMITTER: Resnick B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9064936 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature