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Intensive care unit (ICU) acquired weakness is a common complication associated with long-term physical impairments in survivors of a critical illness. The Chelsea Critical Care Physical Assessment tool (CPAx) is a valid and reliable instrument for physical function and activity in critically ill patients at risk for muscle weakness. However, its ability to measure change over time (responsiveness) and the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) have not yet been rigorously investigated. This multi-centre, mixed-methods, longitudinal cohort study therefore aims to establish responsiveness and the MCID of the CPAx in the target population from ICU baseline to ICU and hospital discharge. The study uses routine data from standard physiotherapy sessions like mobility, function and activity with no additional burden for critically ill adults. The investigators expect the CPAx to be responsive allowing its use as a primary outcome in future effectiveness trials for the treatment of ICU-acquired weakness using the newly established MCID for sample size calculation. A high quality, rigorously tested measurement tool for physical function and activity in the ICU should benefit researchers, clinicians and patients.


Clinical Trial Description

The use of invasive life support in critically ill patients clearly saves lives but carries substantial risks, including intensive care unit (ICU) acquired weakness and long-term disability. The investigators urgently need a valid, reliable, and responsive measurement tool for this population to use in clinical practice and trials. The Chelsea Critical Care Physical Assessment tool (CPAx) is a promising measurement instrument to measure change in critically ill patients' physical function and activity. After several studies have confirmed its validity and excellent reliability, it is time to confirm responsiveness and to establish the MCID in a large, international sample of the target population. This multi-centre, mixed-methods, longitudinal cohort study will include critically ill, mechanically ventilated (>72h) adults at risk for muscle weakness and collect their mobility, physical function and activity with the CPAx and other relevant measures at ICU baseline, to ICU and hospital discharge. Responsiveness will be determined by the ability of the CPAx to identify change according to a prespecified anchor (criterion validity) and by testing prospective hypotheses about the expected magnitude of change between the CPAx and other relevant measures (construct validity). The MCID will be established with anchor- and distribution-based methods, whereby a seven-point global rating of change scale obtained from treating ICU physiotherapists will serve as anchor to distinguish improved from unchanged patients. ;


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NCT number NCT06419699
Study type Observational
Source Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Contact Sabrina Eggmann, PhD
Phone +41 31 632 30 41
Email sabrina.grossenbacher@insel.ch
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase
Start date May 2024
Completion date October 2025

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