Early Mobilization in a PICU: A Qualitative Sustainability Analysis of PICU Up!

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify staff-reported factors and perceptions that influenced implementation and sustainability of an early mobilization program (PICU Up!) in the PICU.

Design

A qualitative study using semistructured phone interviews to characterize interprofessional staff perspectives of the PICU Up! program. Following data saturation, thematic analysis was performed on interview transcripts.

Setting

Tertiary-care PICU in the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.

Subjects

Interprofessional PICU staff.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Fifty-two staff members involved in PICU mobilization across multiple disciplines were interviewed. Three constructs emerged that reflected the different stages of PICU Up! program execution: 1) fac

SUBMITTER: Patel RV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8016701 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature