Objective: To assess the effect of goal-directed mobilisation (GDM) on physical functioning in medical inpatients.
Design: Randomised, controlled, single-centre, parallel, superiority trial with a 3-month follow-up and blinded outcome assessment.
Setting: General internal medicine wards of a Swiss tertiary acute hospital, September 2021 to April 2023.
Objective: To identify and quantify risk factors for in-hospital falls in medical patients.
Data Sources: Six databases (MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, CINAHL, and Google Scholar) were systematically screened until April 11, 2023, to identify relevant articles.
Study Selection: All titles and abstracts of the retrieved articles were independently screened by 2 researchers who also read the full texts of the remaining articles.
Background: Inpatients spend most of their hospitalization in bed, which can lead to negative physical, social, and psychological outcomes, especially in the geriatric population. Goal-directed mobilization involves setting mobility goals with patients and care teams working together toward achieving these goals.
Methods: Three different platforms (SCOPUS, Ovid Medline, PubMed) were searched.
Introduction: Despite the fact that immobilisation is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality, patients hospitalised in general internal medicine (GIM) wards spend up to 50% of time in bed. Previous studies in selected patient populations showed increased mobility after implementation of goal-directed mobilisation (GDM). Due to the study design used so far, the degree of evidence is generally low.
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