Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 7:48 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 7:48 PM
NCT ID:
NCT02674503
Brief Summary:
After hospitalization, many older adults experience more difficulty getting around in the community and performing one or more of their basic activities of daily living (ADLs) like bathing or dressing. The goals of this study are to test the effectiveness of a mobility intervention, compared to usual care, on change in mobility after hospitalization, to determine the impact on one-year outcomes such as nursing home placement and to identify which Veterans benefit the most from the intervention. Ultimately, the goal is to improve recovery after hospitalization and reduce disability in hospitalized Veterans.
Detailed Description:
For this high impact study the investigators propose to use a stepped wedge cluster randomization design on five VA hospital wards to compare a mobility program (MP) to usual care (UC) among a cohort of Veterans age 50 years. The investigators will examine pre to post-hospital mobility and adverse outcomes including functional decline, nursing home admission, emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalization and death in the MP and UC groups in the year after hospital discharge. The primary outcome of mobility will be measured by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Life-Space Assessment (LSA).10-13 Secondary measures of mobility will include self-reported ability to walk mile and drive a car, as described by Gill, et al.14 The investigators will identify patient specific characteristics that modify the effect of the mobility intervention on post-hospital mobility and adverse outcomes to determine which hospitalized patients are most likely to benefit from this intervention.
Note, Secondary outcome measures were curtailed as the original PI, Dr. Brown, retired.
Study:
NCT02674503
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02674503