Walk With a Doc: Enhanced Recovery Walking Program for Surgical Inpatients and Wellness Program for Surgical Residents

NCT05211531 | Terminated

• 1 other identifier: H00019609
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Program studying the number of steps post-operative patients need to take to prevent post-operative complications. Also studying surgical resident wellness program that provides extra time to ambulate with inpatients.

Conditions

Complication of Surgical Procedure; Resident Physicians

Keywords

Resident physician wellness; Post-operative walking program

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Total number of steps

  Total number of steps ambulated by the patient as measured by a pedometer

  From index surgery to initial post-operative office visit, up to 3 weeks

• 30 day Post-operative complications

  30 day Post-operative complications

  30 days

Interventions

Measuring number of post-operative steps OTHER

Measuring the number of post-operative steps that inpatients take.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Minimally invasive surgery patients who are admitted and undergo surgery at a single tertiary care center.

You may qualify if:

• Post-operative surgical patient with an over 24 hour post-operative stay in the hospital
• Safe to ambulate with/without assistance

You may not qualify if:

• Unable to ambulate
• Bedbound

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Richard Perugini: lead
• University of Massachusetts, Worcester: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

UMASS Memorial Medical Center

Worcester, Massachusetts, 01655, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Richard Perugini, MD

  UMASS Memorial Healthcare

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 11, 2022
• First Posted: January 27, 2022
• Study Start: August 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: June 25, 2022
• Study Completion: June 25, 2022
• Last Updated: September 25, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)