Influence of the Culture Care Program on Patient Mobility After Thoracic or Abdominal Surgery: a Mixed-methods Study

Exclusion Criteria

• •Outpatient surgery.
• •Emergency surgery.
• •Mobility severely impaired prior to surgery: patients with 1 or 2 lower-limb amputations, patients with wheelchair mobility only, neurodegenerative diseases.
• •Bed restiction between POD 1 and POD 5 for medical reasons, i.e. surgery, post-operative complications or other pre-existing cardiorespiratory, neurological or orthopedic reasons.
• •Transfer to ICU
• •Only during the Culture Care phase, an unplanned transfer to another unit that does not have the Culture Care program (e.g. Medicine units).
• •Technical problem with the accelerometer (e.g. disfunctioning battery).
• •Allergic reaction to any dressing used to attach the accelerometer.
• •End-of-life patients.