Rehabilitation in critically ill children: Findings from the Korean National Health Insurance database.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Intensive care unit (ICU) survivors suffer from physical weakness and challenges returning to daily life. With the importance of rehabilitating patients in the pediatric intensive care unit being increasingly recognized, we evaluated the prevalence of physical and occupational therapy (PT/OT)-provided rehabilitation and factors affecting its use.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of rehabilitation between 2013 and 2019 using the Korean National Health Insurance database. All patients aged 28 days to 18 years who had been admitted to 245 ICUs for more than 2 days were included. Neonatal ICUs were excluded.

Results

Of 13,276 patients, 2,447 (18%) received PT/OT-provided rehabilitation during their hospitalization; prevalence was lowest for pat

SUBMITTER: Cho J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8970491 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature