Early mobilisation and rehabilitation in the PICU: a UK survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To understand the context and professional perspectives of delivering early rehabilitation and mobilisation (ERM) within UK paediatric intensive care units (PICUs).

Design

A web-based survey administered from May 2019 to August 2019.

Setting

UK PICUs.

Participants

A total of 124 staff from 26 PICUs participated, including 22 (18%) doctors, 34 (27%) nurses, 28 (23%) physiotherapists, 19 (15%) occupational therapists and 21 (17%) were other professionals.

Results

Key components of participants' definitions of ERM included tailored, multidisciplinary rehabilitation packages focused on promoting recovery. Multidisciplinary involvement in initiating ERM was commonly reported. Over half of respondents favoured delivering ERM after achieving physiolog

SUBMITTER: Thompson JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9185558 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature