NCT03297567

Physical Therapy Guidelines For Hospitalized Elderly

Completed NA Last updated 4 October 2019

What this trial tests

NA trial testing verbal guidance and a booklet in Physical Activity in 68 participants. Completed in 28 February 2019.

Timeline

30 September 2017

Primary endpoint
30 September 2018

28 February 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Universidade Cidade de Sao Paulo
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	68
Start date	30 September 2017
Primary completion	30 September 2018
Estimated completion	28 February 2019
Sites	1 location across Brazil

Drugs / interventions tested

• verbal guidance and a booklet

Conditions studied

• Physical Activity — all drugs for Physical Activity →
• Hospitalization — all drugs for Hospitalization →
• Aged — all drugs for Aged →
• Exercise — all drugs for Exercise →

Sponsor

Universidade Cidade de Sao Paulo

Who can join

60 and older, any sex, with Physical Activity or Hospitalization. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Introduction: The level of physical activity decreases progressively with age. Elderly subjects who are physically active have lower rates of morbidity and mortality when compared to those inactive. Hospitalization leads to long periods of bed rest and physical inactivity, with consequent muscle atrophy, generalized weakness, and decreased independence and functionality. Therefore, preventing inactivity, loss of muscle strength and the worsening of functional performance during hospitalization may be a way to avoid loss of independence. And while movement has been increasingly promoted as an important part of the recovery of hospitalized patients, many of them still spend much of the time bedridden while in hospital. Objectives: To evaluate the impact of a guiding program on the importance of remaining active during hospitalization in relation to the level of physical activity, functionality and muscular strength of elderly patients and to identify the main barriers that impede them to perform physical activities in the hospital environment. Methods: Randomized and controlled trial which will include elderly patients admitted to the Respiratory Diseases and Medical Clinic wards of the Institute of Medical Assistance to State Public Servants, in São Paulo. The intervention group will receive verbal guidelines and one booklet on the deleterious effects of hospitalization and the importance of staying active during hospitalization. All patients will be evaluated through accelerometry to identify the level of physical activity during hospitalization. Functionality will be evaluated through the DEMMI scale, muscular strength through handgrip and the main barriers to stay active during hospitalization by applying a questionnaire. The days of hospitalization and the clinical complications presented by the patients during the stay in the hospital will be noted. The difference of the outcomes of the level of physical activity and functionality before and after the intervention will be compared between the control and the intervention group through a t-test. The length of hospital stay will be analyzed by the Kaplan-Meier test and the incidence of complications by the chi-square test.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.