The physical hospital environment and physical activity: patients’ perspectives on barrier

106 patient survey responses from a study of 221 eligible patients explore how the physical hospital environment supports physical activity after elective cardiothoracic surgery. The dataset was created by Lisenka te Lindert and last updated on 2026-06-03. It includes descriptive statistics ranking barriers and facilitators, and Spearman correlations exploring associations with participant characteristics.

Use Cases

• Identify common barriers to patient mobility based on reported factors like medical devices.
• Analyze facilitators of physical activity based on features like convenient layout and comfortable furniture.
• Model associations between healthcare professional support and patient-reported barriers/facilitators.
• Rank potential supportive environmental features for promoting physical activity in hospital settings.

Strengths

• Survey includes 106 patient responses, providing a specific sample size.
• Dataset contains demographic details: 70% male respondents with a median age of 65 years.
• Analysis includes statistical methods: descriptive statistics and Spearman correlations.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Cross-sectional survey study using a self-developed questionnaire among patients who underwent elective cardiothoracic surgery.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 14:00:41; freshness should be verified.