Table 4.

Patient Activity With Low Bed; Side rails down.

Participant (Trial)	Ingress						In-Bed Movement		Egress
	Support With Hands/Knuckles?	Nurse Assist?	Controlled/Uncontrolled Sit	Leg Effort? (Assist?)	Location in Bed	Move Up in Bed? (No. of Tries)	Body Position Lying	Pull on Mattress to Turn/Sit?	Scooting (No.) to Get Out/Assist?	Sit—Feet Flat on Floor	Assist to Stand?	Required Assist When Standing?
1 (1)	One hand	No	Controlled	No	Approp.	No	Back	No	No	Yes	No	No
2 (1)	One hand	No	Controlled	No	Approp.	No	Back	No	No	Yes	No	No
3 (3)	Walker	Two assists	Uncontrolled	No	Low	Yes (4)	Side	Does not turn/no	Yes (3)	Yes	Yes, three bounces; two assist	Yes, two assists
4 (2)	Two hands	No	Uncontrolled	No	Approp.	No	Side → Back	No	Side → Pushes off mattress with knuckles (4)	Yes	No	No
5 (3)	One knuckle	No	Controlled	No	Approp.	No	Back	No	No	Yes	No	No
6 (1)	Two knuckles	No	Controlled	No	Approp.	No	Back	No	Yes (1)	Yes*	No	No
7 (1)	One knuckle	No	Uncontrolled	No	Approp.	No	Side*	No	Yes (4)/x2 assist	Yes	Yes x2 assists	Yes x2 assists
8 (2)	One knuckle	No	Controlled	No	High	Yes (1)	Back	No	No	Yes	No	No
9 (3)	Cane	No	Controlled	No	Approp.	No	Back	No	Yes (2)	Yes	No cane	No
10 (3)	Two knuckles	No	Controlled	No	Low	Yes (2)	Back	No	Yes (3)	Yes	No	No
11	Refused trial
12 (1)	One hand	No	Controlled	No	Approp.	No	Back	Did not turn	Yes (3)/one RN assist	Yes	Yes. two hands push, three bounces, one RN	Yes
13 (2)	One knuckle	No	Uncontrolled	No	High	No	Back	Yes, grabs low rail	Yes (3)/two RN assists	Yes	Yes x2 assists + Walker	Yes, two assists then to walker
14 (3)	Walker	No	Controlled	No	Low	No	Back	Did not turn/no	Yes (1)/one RN assist	Yes	Yes one assist + Walker	Walker
15 (2)	Cane	No	Controlled	No	Approp.	No	Back	No	No	Yes	Yes, two assists	Yes

Note. Approp. = appropriate; RNs = registered nurses. x2 = Twice, *= Superscript.