Physical Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit: A Comparative Study of Three Asian Countries

ICU Clinical Trial

Official title:

Physical Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit: A Comparative Study of Three Asian Countries

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05600478
• Other study ID #: CMUH110-REC1-192
• Status: Completed
• Start date: November 6, 2021
• Est. completion date: February 18, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: October 2022
• Source: China Medical University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This descriptive-comparative study has explored and presented an overview of the extent of PT practice in the ICU in JP, PH, and TW. Specifically, the socio-demographic and ICU-related profiles of physical therapists (PTs) in Japan (JP), Philippines (PH), and Taiwan (TW) were presented, with the inclusion of the common PT interventions and challenges encountered in delivering PT services in the ICU in the said countries.

Included in the socio-demographic variables are the respondents' sex, age, highest educational attainment, PT work experience, and hospital affiliation. As to the ICU-related variables, it includes the respondents' ICU work experience, the types of ICU where respondents primarily work, the hiring department they belong to, the status of ICU posting, the duration of ICU posting, the daily ICU stay of the respondents, their engagement in on-call ICU PT services, the usual source of ICU patient referral, the number of daily ICU patients, the ratio of PT to ICU patients, and the level of participation in ICU-related PT training. Furthermore, different interventions that are commonly implemented and challenges that are commonly encountered in ICU PT service delivery in Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan were also investigated.

Description:

Physical therapy (PT) is proven beneficial among critically ill patients. However, there is an extent to the practice of PT in the intensive care unit (ICU) which differs between countries. With this, the extent of PT practice in the ICU in three Asian countries, namely Japan (JP), Philippines (PH), and Taiwan (TW), was determined and compared by specifically determining the socio-demographic and ICU-related profile of physical therapists (PTs) who have worked in the ICU.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 164
• Est. completion date: February 18, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: February 18, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Physical therapists who:

1. are currently residing or working in Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan;

2. are working, or have worked in an ICU in JP, PH, or TW, and have provided PT services to critically ill patients regardless of age, sex, nationality/race, and years of work experience (in general);

3. have an active e-mail address; and

4. provided informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Physical therapists who are:

1. newly hired (or rotated) PTs with ICU duty but have not yet handled any ICU patient; and

2. licensed PTs from JP, PH, and TW but are based and/or are working abroad.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• ICU

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	China Medical University	Taichung City	Taichung

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
China Medical University Hospital	China Medical University, Taiwan, Juntendo University, Mariano Marcos State University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

References & Publications (1)

Sigera PC, Tunpattu TM, Jayashantha TP, De Silva AP, Athapattu PL, Dondorp A, Haniffa R. National Profile of Physical Therapists in Critical Care Units of Sri Lanka: Lower Middle-Income Country. Phys Ther. 2016 Jul;96(7):933-9. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20150363. Epub 2016 Feb 18. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Sex	Asked in the form of MCQ	November 6, 2021 to February 18, 2022
Primary	Highest educational attainment	PhD, Master, diploma	November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022
Primary	Work experience	Asked in the form of MCQ (by age range)	November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022
Primary	Hospital affiliation	Asked in the form of MCQ (with sub-classification: level, ownership, teaching affiliation)	November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022
Primary	ICU work experience	Asked in the form of MCQ (in range)	November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022
Primary	Type of ICU	Multiple answer question	November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022
Primary	Hiring department	Asked in the form of MCQ	November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022
Primary	Status of ICU posting	Asked in the form of MCQ	November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022
Primary	Duration of ICU posting	Asked in the form of MCQ (by time range)	November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022
Primary	ICU stay per day	Asked in the form of MCQ (by time range)	November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022
Primary	Engagement in on-call ICU PT service	Asked in the form of a dichotomous question	November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022
Primary	ICU PTs in the hospital	Asked via short answer question	November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022
Primary	Source of ICU patient referral	Asked in the form of MCQ	November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022
Primary	Number of ICU patients per day	Asked in the form of MCQ (by range)	November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022
Primary	PT-patient ratio	Asked in the form of MCQ	November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022
Primary	Participation in ICU-related PT trainin	Asked in the form of dichotomus, MCQ, and multiple answer question	November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022
Primary	Most common PT techniques implemented in the ICU	Multiple answer question	November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022
Primary	Challenges encountered in the delivery of PT services in the ICU	Multiple answer question	November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022