Association Between Inpatient Steps Per Day and Patient Functional Status/Disposition

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03595605

Enrollment

Registered

2018-07-23

Start date

2018-05-16

Completion date

2019-03-30

Last updated

2020-05-29

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Conditions

Physical Medicine

Brief summary

This study will incorporate the use of wearable actigraphy devices (Fitbit) on research participants admitted to medicine inpatient units at Tisch Hospital and/or NYU Brooklyn. The investigator's sample size will be 600 randomized into two groups, with basic inclusion criteria including age greater than 65 years and pre-hospital ambulatory status. While both groups will be monitored in terms of their activity (specifically pedometer data), the intervention group will have twice daily encouragement of ambulation. Once a subject is enrolled, data will be collected daily and at time of discharge.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALAmbulation

This group will be encouraged twice daily to ambulate

OTHERStandard of Care

Care as usual at inpatient NYU Langone

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

66 Years to 100 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Admitted to acute inpatient medicine unit * Ambulatory without assistive device prior to hospitalization * Medical clearance to ambulate on the unit * Active MyChart account or willing to activate MyChart account * iOS or Android device

Exclusion criteria

* Patients less than or equal to 65 years old * Not Admitted to acute inpatient medicine unit * Ambulatory with assistive device prior to hospitalization * No Medical clearance to ambulate on the unit * Inactive MyChart account and not willing to activate MyChart account * No iOS or Android device In addition, an individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study: * Oxygen requirement at rest * Lower extremity prosthesis * Admitted for joint replacement surgery * History of frequent falls * Admitted for syncope. * If patients have specifically opted out of being contacted about research (visible in the Epic header while in their chart) * Admitted from nursing home

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Determine how many steps patients admitted to the medicine units are taking at baseline	1 Day	Steps will be measured using a wearable device (FitBit) designed to track number of steps for the duration of their hospital stay

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026