Development of a goal-directed movement intervention (GOAL) using a movement sensor for hospitalized patients: An intervention mapping approach.
Jwm van Grootel, P Bor, C Veenhof, K Valkenet
PMID 37644843WHAT IT FOUND
This paper describes how a hospital movement intervention was designed with staff, not whether it worked.
It reports no patient outcomes, so there is nothing here to change your practice on.
What this paper is
This paper describes the development of a hospital movement intervention using a structured design process. It reports on focus groups with staff and the creation of implementation protocols, but it does not report patient outcomes or test whether the intervention improved physical activity. There is no finding to act on.
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume this intervention has been shown to increase patient activity or improve function. The study only describes how the program was built and planned; it did not test its effectiveness on patients.