Table 2 In-hospital observation guide for observers
In-hospital intervention components | Observations |
|---|---|
Welcome folder | Do health care staff hand out welcome folders to patients on admission? (S) Is the folder introduced with a focus on mobility during and after hospitalization and by whom? |
WALK-plan | Do health care staff/physicians contact patients regarding WALK-plan and physical activity during hospitalization? (S/P) Are WALK-plans handed out to patients? By whom? (S/P) During rounds, do health care staff talk to the patients regarding WALK-plans? (S) Do patients follow their WALK-plans? (H) Who attend board meeting at 1 pm? (S/P) Are WALK-plans mentioned at the board meetings? (P) At board meetings, do physicians inform about the WALK-Cph intervention and do they follow up on prescriptions? (P) Do physicians express challenges regarding prescription of WALK-plans? (P) Do those responsible for implementation of the intervention mention the intervention at board meetings? (P) |
WALK-path | Do health care staff/physiotherapists contact patients regarding use of the WALK-path? (S) How are patients motivated and by whom? Are patients introduced to the WALK-path and the exercises? (S) How are patients introduced and by whom? Do patients go to the WALK-path/Are patients accompanied to the WALK-path? (S/H) How are patients accompanied and by whom? Do patients exercise independently by the WALK-path? (H) If they don’t, why not? |
Posters with exercises | Do health care staff contact patients regarding use of exercises on posters? (S) How are the patients motivated and by whom? Do the patients exercise guided by the posters? (S) |
Self-service on clothesa | On admission, do health care staff introduce patients to the wardrobes and self-service on clothes on admission and do they show the patients the location of the wardrobes? (S) Do health care staff contact patients regarding self-service on clothes? (S) How are the patients motivated and by whom? Do patients collect clothes independently/are patients assisted to collect clothes? (S/H) Who assist patients and how? |
Self-service on beverages | On admission, do health care staff introduce patients to self-service on beverages in refrigerator and by beverage cart and do they show patients the location of the refrigerator / beverage cart? (S) Do health care staff contact patients regarding self-service on beverages? (S) How are the patients motivated and by whom? Do patients collect beverages independently? (H) If patients are assisted, who assists? |
Discharge with a WALK-plan | This component was not observed but assessed via patient records |