TY - JOUR
T1 - INCREASING 24 HOUR MOBILITY IN OLDER MEDICAL PATIENTS:
T2 - THE WALK-COPENHAGEN PROJECT
AU - Pedersen, Mette Merete
AU - Wassar Kirk, Jeanette
AU - Petersen, Janne
AU - Bandholm, Thomas Quaade
AU - Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, Tine
AU - Nilsen, Per
AU - Andersen, Ove
PY - 2018/11
Y1 - 2018/11
N2 - Low mobility in hospitalized patients can have serious health consequences. During hospitalization older medical patients spend most time lying in bed and numerous barriers toward mobility exist. Therefore, interventions that consider multiple determinants of older patients’ mobility are warranted. The WALK-Cph project aims to increase 24-hour mobility in older medical patients during and after hospitalization. In six medical wards, we performed observations focusing on mobility. In a thematic analysis of data, five themes emerged: materialities, professional roles, encouraging moments, patients’ and relatives’ influence on mobility, and organization’s and management’s influence on mobility. “Professional roles” influenced all themes showing that health professionals follow different cultural models that create contradictions and boundaries and make it unclear who is responsible for the older patients’ mobility. Based on these results, in subsequent workshops with key stakeholders (patients, relatives, researchers and health professionals) we developed an intervention to be tested in a randomized controlled trial.
AB - Low mobility in hospitalized patients can have serious health consequences. During hospitalization older medical patients spend most time lying in bed and numerous barriers toward mobility exist. Therefore, interventions that consider multiple determinants of older patients’ mobility are warranted. The WALK-Cph project aims to increase 24-hour mobility in older medical patients during and after hospitalization. In six medical wards, we performed observations focusing on mobility. In a thematic analysis of data, five themes emerged: materialities, professional roles, encouraging moments, patients’ and relatives’ influence on mobility, and organization’s and management’s influence on mobility. “Professional roles” influenced all themes showing that health professionals follow different cultural models that create contradictions and boundaries and make it unclear who is responsible for the older patients’ mobility. Based on these results, in subsequent workshops with key stakeholders (patients, relatives, researchers and health professionals) we developed an intervention to be tested in a randomized controlled trial.
U2 - 10.1093/geroni/igy023.010
DO - 10.1093/geroni/igy023.010
M3 - Journal article
SP - 3
EP - 4
JO - Innovation in Aging
JF - Innovation in Aging
IS - Suppl_1
M1 - igy023
ER -