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Inclusion Criteria: * Being 18 years of age or older * Agreeing to participate in the study * Being able to understand, speak Turkish or have no obstacle to communication * Having undergone open gastrointestinal surgery * Having an American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score \<IV * Being fully independent according to the Modified Barthel Index during the pre-operative period * Staying in the hospital for at least 48 hours after the surgery * Having a phone * Agreeing to download the 'StepsApp Pedometer' application to their phone * Agreeing to carry the phone with them during the post-operative mobilization processes Exclusion Criteria: * Being taken into emergency surgery * Having had major gastrointestinal surgery before * Having a diagnosis that may restrict mobilization (neurological, cardiovascular, respiratory and musculoskeletal comorbidities) * High risk of falling in the preoperative period * Using medication that may affect mobilization * Having a diagnosis of any psychiatric disease * Having a Nutritional Risk Score score of ≥3 * Being in contact isolation * Being morbidly obese * Being in intensive care for more than 24 hours during the postoperative period * Having an intubation period of more than 24 hours during the postoperative period * Developing a complication that may prevent mobilization after surgery * Withdrawing from participating in the study,