Early Occupational Therapy in Intensive Care: Feasibility of Implementation (ERGO-PRE-SI)

Vaud University Hospital Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Occupational Therapy; Intensive Care

Treatments: Other: early occupational therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04186611

ERGO-PRE-SI_2019-00867

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of the study is to assess the feasibility of early daily occupational therapy intervention within an interdisciplinary team in an intensive care unit of a Swiss university hospital.

Enrollment: 14 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ≥ 18 years old.
• Hospitalized at SMIA for at least 48 hours.
• Stable patient: hemodynamically stabilized patient (norepinephrine dose < 15 mcg/min iv), respiratory (P/F ratio > 150) and neurological (Glasgow Coma Scale > 8).

Exclusion criteria

• contraindication to occupational therapy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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14 participants in 1 patient group

Early daily occupational therapy intervention

Experimental group

Description:

A daily occupational therapy intervention is performed with the patients included. The intervention will consist of assessment as well as early positioning and/or rehabilitation in activities of daily living.

Treatment:

Other: early occupational therapy