Clinical trial NCT05252286: Exercise Strategies for Bedside Cases During Hospitalization
Official title: Comparison of Three Types of Bedside Exercise Programs on Physical Functions of Hospitalized Patients
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Disability Physical
Hospitalization
Keywords: Hospital-Associated Disability
self-exercise
Lead sponsor: Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-02-23
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 30
Maximum age (years): 90
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Patients after hospital admission would experience the functional decline, so-called Hospital-Associated Disability. This condition could not only impact the patient health function but pose a burden on the family, even more consuming of medical resource in the country. Therefore, in addition to routine rehabilitation program, various bedside exercise programs are provided as an adjunct therapy to prevent functional declination and improve physical mobility for a patient after hospital admission. The aims of the study are conducted to compare the effect of three various bedside exercise programs (exercise based on watching video, oral education and paper sheet) on physical mobility among the hospitalized patients.

This is single-blind randomized control study and patients recruited from Tzu-Chi medical center in eastern Taiwan are ranged from 30 to 90 years old. All participants are randomly assigned to three groups (watching video, oral education and paper sheet). Patients in watching video group are provided with theirs 3 to 5 poor physical performance video recorded on the tablet or mobile phone during the rehabilitation program. The other two groups are provided oral education and paper sheet exercise program, respectively. All three groups patients conduct their bedside exercise programs when they return their ward.

Physical performance tests are evaluated before the intervention and one or two days before discharge by a physical therapist blinded the groups of patient .


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Functional dependence evaluated by Barthel Index
2. Patients needed to rehabilitation program referred by medical doctor during hospitalization
3. Be able to follow command and assessment

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Impaired cognition
2. Psychological problem from medical diagnosis
3. Having a potential cardiac risk or severe disease diagnosis from medical doctor

Primary outcomes:
measure: Barthel Index (BI)
timeFrame: Up to four weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)
timeFrame: four weeks
measure: Time Up and Go (TUG)
timeFrame: Up to four weeks
measure: de Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI)
timeFrame: Up to four weeks
measure: Hand-held dynamometer
timeFrame: Up to four weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hualien City
country: Taiwan
facility: Tzu Chi Buddhist General Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: Department of physical therapy, Tzu Chi University
name: Jia-Ching Chen
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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