Effect of goal-directed mobilisation versus standard care on physical functioning among medical inpatients: the GoMob-in randomised, controlled trial.

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.

Current and future workforce of general internal medicine in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study.

Aim Of This Study: General internal medicine is a crucial element in healthcare systems. Understanding how many people are and will be working in this field is important to maintain and improve quality for patients in healthcare systems. This can provide a basis for political decisions.

Characteristics and feedback of adult survivors of childhood cancer seen in Swiss comprehensive follow-up clinics led by general internists: a prospective cohort study.

Objectives: In our study, we aimed to characterise adult childhood cancer survivors (ACCS), assess their health issues, gauge health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and evaluate visit satisfaction.

Design: Prospective cohort study using data from clinical visits and questionnaires.

Setting: Interdisciplinary follow-up programme for ACCS based on the long-term follow-up (LTFU) guidelines of the Children's Oncology Group and overseen by internists in two Swiss hospitals.

Risk Factors for Falls Among Hospitalized Medical Patients - A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

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.

Prescribing pattern insights from a longitudinal study of older adult inpatients with polypharmacy and chronic non-cancer pain.

Background: The present study sought to determine the prevalence of chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) among older adult inpatients with polypharmacy. It also aimed to analyse prescription patterns and assess the therapy adequacy and patient complexity for those with and without CNCP.

Methods: This 4-year longitudinal study examined data from an exhaustive acute care hospital register on home-dwelling older adult patients (≥65) with polypharmacy.