Trial reportBMC geriatrics2016
A study protocol of a randomised controlled trial to measure the effects of an augmented prescribed exercise programme (APEP) for frail older medical patients in the acute setting.
Trial report in BMC geriatrics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02463864 (A Randomised Controlled Trial to Measure the Effects of Twice-Daily Individual, Targeted, Strengthening, Balance and Endurance Exercise Sessions on Mobility, Quality of Life and Healthcare Utilisation for Frail Older Medical In-patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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A Randomised Controlled Trial to Measure the Effects of Twice-Daily Individual, Targeted, Strengthening, Balance and Endurance Exercise Sessions on Mobility, Quality of Life and Healthcare Utilisation for Frail Older Medical In-patients
Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions for preventing falls in older people in care facilities and hospitals.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Augmented exercise in hospital improves physical performance and reduces negative post hospitalization events: a randomized controlled trial.BMC geriatrics · 2020Trial
- An augmented prescribed exercise program (APEP) to improve mobility of older acute medical patients - a randomized, controlled pilot and feasibility trial.BMC geriatrics · 2019Trial
- Development and internal validation of a prediction model to identify older adults at risk of low physical activity levels during hospitalisation: a prospective cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundOlder adults experience functional decline in hospital leading to increased healthcare burden and morbidity. The benefits of augmented exercise in hospital remain uncertain. The aim of this trial is to measure the short and longer-term effects of augmented exercise for older medical in-patients on their physical performance, quality of life and health care utilisation. DESIGN &
methodsTwo hundred and twenty older medical patients will be blindly randomly allocated to the intervention or sham groups. Both groups will receive usual care (including routine physiotherapy care) augmented by two daily exercise sessions. The sham group will receive stretching and relaxation exercises while the intervention group will receive tailored strengthening and balance exercises. Differences between groups will be measured at baseline, discharge, and three months. The primary outcome measure will be length of stay. The secondary outcome measures will be healthcare utilisation, activity (accelerometry), physical performance (Short Physical Performance Battery), falls history in hospital and quality of life (EQ-5D-5 L). DISCUSSION: This simple intervention has the potential to transform the outcomes of the older patient in the acute setting.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02463864 , registered 26.05.2015.
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