Physical Activity Levels in COVID-19 Patients Admitted to Intensive Care

University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Status: Completed

Conditions: COVID-19; Critical Illness; Ards; ICU Acquired Weakness

Treatments: Other: Physiotherapy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04396197

PhysioCOVID-19

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is an observational study exploring the levels of mobility and rehabilitation in patients admitted to critical care with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19

Full description

An admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) often results in significant muscle weakness and physical deconditioning, which can take many months or even years for recovery. Early and progressive programmes of rehabilitation are recommended to limit any muscle loss and support recovery as early as possible. Patients admitted to intensive care with COVID-19 have been found to require prolonged periods of mechanical ventilation, high sedation and neuromuscular blocking use and as a result require prolonged stays in the ICU. As yet no data exists to examine the specific physical impact this may have, or whether it is safe and feasible to commence this earlier rehabilitation within the ICU for patients with a diagnosis of COVID-19. Our study set out to evaluate the levels of rehabilitation which were delivered in a large acute NHS trust.

Enrollment: 92 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• having a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19
• being mechanically ventilated for at least 24 hours
• surviving to critical care discharge.

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

92 participants in 1 patient group

COVID-19

Description:

Observations taken of standard physiotherapy practice. All patients are assessed daily and receive respiratory care and rehabilitation as deemed appropriate by the treating therapist

Treatment:

Other: Physiotherapy