The Effect of Hospital Fit 2.0 on Patients Physical Activity
Telemedicine, Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Telemedicine focused on measuring Physical activity, eHealth, Accelerometer, Hospitalization
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Aged between 18 and 75 years
- Receiving physiotherapy while hospitalised at the department of Internal Medicine department or the department of Pulmonology at the Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+)
- Sufficient understanding of the Dutch language
- Having access to a smartphone
- Able to walk independently 2 weeks before admission, as scored on the Functional Ambulation Categories (FAC >3)
Exclusion Criteria:
- A contraindication to walking (as reported by the attending medical specialists in the medical record)
- A contraindication to wearing an accelerometer, fixed by a hypoallergenic plaster at the upper leg (such as active bilateral upper leg infection, severe edema or bilateral transfemoral amputation)
- Admission at the intensive care department
- Impaired cognition (delirium / dementia) as reported by the attending doctor
- Incapacitated subjects as reported by the attending medical specialist in the medical record. When any doubt arises, the patient will not be considered eligible
- A life expectancy shorter than 3 months as mentioned by the attending medical specialist in the medical record
- Previous participation in this study
Sites / Locations
- MaastrichtUMC
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
No Intervention
Experimental
Control group
Intervention group
All subjects eligible for inclusion in this study receive usual care physiotherapy as prescribed by the physician. The number of treatment sessions and content of physiotherapy treatment sessions will depend on the diagnosis and needs of the individual patient. This study will not interfere with the content of the usual care physiotherapy treatment. Patients in the control group will receive an accelerometer, measuring PA, which is applied by the physiotherapist during the first treatment. They receive no other additional intervention. Usual care physiotherapy sessions will take approximately 20-30 minutes per session.
Patients in the intervention group will receive usual care physiotherapy and use Hospital Fit 2.0 (HF) additionally. After the last treatment session (max. 7 days), the therapist will remove the accelerometer and participation in the study will end.