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

NCT ID: NCT05600478

Last Updated: 2022-10-31

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

164 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-11-06

Study Completion Date

2022-02-18

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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ICU

Keywords

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Physiotherapy Intensive care unit ICU physical therapy

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Japan

A group of ICU physical therapists working in Japan.

No interventions assigned to this group

Philippines

A group of ICU physical therapists working in the Philippines.

No interventions assigned to this group

Taiwan

A group of ICU physical therapists working in Taiwan.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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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.
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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China Medical University, Taiwan

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Mariano Marcos State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Juntendo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

China Medical University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Yu-Jung Cheng

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Yu-Jung Cheng, PhD in BMS

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

China Medical University, Taiwan

Locations

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China Medical University

Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

References

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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.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26893503 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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CMUH110-REC1-192

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id