1. Progressing to Objective Measures of Daily Mobility in Hospitalized Older Adults.
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Floegel, Theresa A., Flórez-Pregonero, Alberto, Bolin, Linda P., and Taylor, Catherine L.
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RESEARCH ,HOSPITALS ,SCIENTIFIC observation ,POSTURAL balance ,WEARABLE technology ,ACCELEROMETERS ,ACCELEROMETRY ,HOSPITAL care ,HOSPITAL care of older people ,PHYSICAL mobility ,ELECTRONIC health records ,DATA analysis software ,MIDDLE age - Abstract
Accurate mobility assessment of hospitalized older adults is necessary to aid nurses in planning and providing appropriate mobility support; however, nurses cite lack of resources and time limitations as barriers. Accelerometry enables a detailed objective measurement of predominant hospital mobility activities in the older adult population, such as percent time sitting, and the sit-to-stand (STS) transition. The current exploratory study examined the use of a novel, unobtrusive accelerometry technique to obtain postural and STS metrics on 27 older adults during their hospital stay. Total device wear time in the hospital was 96.2%. Participants spent 60.3% time lying, 20.3% time sitting, 5.3% time standing, and 2% time stepping during hospitalization, and, on average, completed the STS transition 20 times (SD = 13) per 24-hour period. There were no participant complaints about wearing the device. Our exploratory study shows accelerometry provides automated, continuous data and may support accurate nursing assessment of patient mobility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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