Prevalence and Outcomes of Low Mobility in Hospitalized Older Patients

By Cynthia J. Brown, R. Friedkin, S. Inouye. Journal of The American Geriatrics Society, 2004

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Missed nursing care: a concept analysis. (2009, background): “For example, failure to ambulate and turn patients, particularly older patients, has been linked to new-onset pneumonia, increased length of stay, readmission, increased pain and discomfort, decline in performance of activities of daily living, new institutionalization and death (Brown et al. 2004).”
The Underrecognized Epidemic of Low Mobility During Hospitalization of Older Adults (2009, background): “Even after controlling for illness severity and comorbidity, low mobility has been associated with adverse outcomes such as functional decline and need for new nursing home placement.(1) Day 1 12pm 12am N=30 N=15”
Hospitalization-associated disability: "She was probably able to ambulate, but I'm not sure". (2011, background): “For example, most hospitalized older adults spend the majority of time in bed; even short periods of bedrest accelerate muscle wasting.(15,31,32) Hospitalization provides opportunities for iatrogenic complications, including medication adverse effects and infections, especially in patients with indw”