Increasing Physical Activity Among Medical Inpatients by Digital Nudging of Patients and Staff

Sedentary behaviour among medical inpatients is strongly associated with hospital-associated functional decline and poses a severe threat to patients' functional capacity and independency. High human and socioeconomic costs underline the urgency to find solutions to this world-wide problem. Objective: This multicentre study, including a total of 400 patients from Copenhagen, Aalborg, Tórshavn, and Nuuk, will assess the effect of a digital intervention that aims to reduce sedentary behaviour and increase physical activity in medical inpatients. Intervention: Digital feedback and nudging regarding the patients' physical activity levels to patients and healthcare staff Design: Stepped-wedge cluster randomised multicentre trial Primary outcome: Daily average time of patients' physical activity (minutes).

NCT Number	NCT06983977
Lead Sponsor	Bispebjerg Hospital
Conditions	Physical Activity, Inpatients, Digital Health
Enrollment	400 participants
Start Date	2025-05-19
Primary Completion	2026-06 (estimated)
Study Completion	2027-12 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2025-05-25