Prevalence and Outcomes of Low Mobility in Hospitalized Older Patients
University of Alabama at Birmingham · Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center · +1 more institution
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Abstract
Objectives
To estimate the prevalence of different levels of mobility in a hospitalized older cohort, to measure the degree and rate of adverse outcomes associated with different mobility levels, and to examine the physician activity orders and documented reasons for bedrest in the lowest mobility group.
Design
A prospective cohort study.
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Keywords
- Medicine
- Odds ratio
- Confidence interval
- Institutionalisation
- Cohort
- Confounding
- Cohort study
- Prospective cohort study
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