NCT03604640.

Study name	Physical Training and Health Education in Hospitalized Elderly
Methods	Design: randomised controlled trial Baseline time point (T1): day of hospital admission Outcome time point (T2): day of hospital discharge Follow‐up time point (T3): 3 months after hospital discharge
Participants	Inclusion criteria: aged ≥ 75 years, admitted into the Geriatrics Department of the Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (Madrid, Spain); able to ambulate, with or without personal/technical assistance; able to communicate; provide informed consent Exclusion criteria: duration of hospitalisation < 72 hours; any factor precluding performance of the physical training programme or testing procedures as determined by the attending physician (including but not limited to: terminal illness, incapable of ambulation, unstable cardiovascular disease or other medical condition, severe dementia, unwillingness to either complete the study requirements or to be randomised into control or intervention group)
Interventions	Exercise arm: training programme (30 minutes per session, 2 sessions per day, lower limb strength training, balance training, walking and inspiratory muscle training) and also health education. Health education consists of several informational activities. Each activity session will teach the patient and carer how to perform the exercises to ensure they will continue to be performed at home and before discharge the entire session will be devoted to reviewing the entire programme. The type, frequency and progression of the exercises to be carried out will be reviewed; they will be explained how to perform them at home and given personalised written instructions with illustrations of the exercises. Also, after 1 and 2 months of discharge, the professional with whom they have completed the training will call them to insist on the completion of the programme or to clarify any doubts that may exist Control arm: usual care for the setting
Outcomes	Independence with ADL (range 0–6) at T3 Barthel Index at T3 Functional Ambulation Classification at T3 Short Physical Performance Battery at T2 Alusti Test at T2
Starting date	July 2018
Contact information	Dr Jose Antonio joseantonio.serra@salud.madrid.org
Notes	clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03604640