Proactive outcome monitoring and standardisation of physiotherapy stroke rehabilitation - A retrospective functional outcomes analysis of Accelerated Stroke Ambulation Programme (ASAP).

ABSTRACT:

Background

A clinical quality improvement programme named Accelerated Stroke Ambulation Programme (ASAP) was piloted in Physiotherapy Department of Tai Po Hospital from 1st October 2019 to 30th September 2020 and executed as a standard practice afterwards. The goal of ASAP was to facilitate early maximal walking ability of stroke patients in early rehabilitation phase. ASAP featured (1) proactive outcome monitoring and standardised process compliance monitoring by a patient database - Stroke Registry; (2) standardised mobility prediction by Reference Modified Rivermead Mobility Index (MRMI) Gain and (3) standardised intervention database - Stroke Treatment Library.

Objective

To investigate the effectiveness of ASAP in an inpatient rehabilitation setting for stroke patients i

SUBMITTER: Chung BPH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10423674 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature