At-home Walking Cadence Functional Assessment and Recovery Trajectory for Older Adults Undergoing Major Surgery
University of Chicago
100 participants
Jan 2, 2023
OBSERVATIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This is a prospective observational study looking at gait-cadence in older adults who are scheduled to have major abdominal surgery at the University of Chicago. The objective of the study is to evaluate whether gait-cadence, as measured from a patient's mobile device at-home, can provide an accurate assessment of a patient's functional status prior to major abdominal surgery and identify patients at risk of poor functional outcomes.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria3
- Patients > or = 60 years of age and scheduled for surgery.
- Access to a safe walking space roughly 30 ft in length. Safe walking spaces include a long hallway in the home, common use hallway in an apartment building or outside public area.
- Able to walk independently with or without an assistive device (e.g. cane or walker)
Exclusion Criteria6
- Inability to walk independently
- Surgery scheduled less than 7-days after APMC appointment
- Patients scheduled for orthopedic surgery
- Patients scheduled for neurological surgery
- Patients scheduled for cardiac surgery
- Non-English speaking.
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Interventions
Patients who are scheduled to have surgery at University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) who agree to use the step test application and study accelerometer before and after their surgery.
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NCT05886725