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Introducing early and structured rehabilitation in critical care: A quality improvement project
David McWilliams1, Catherine Snelson2, Hannah Goddard3
1Therapy Services, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2WB, United Kingdom.
Objectives:
To assess the potential impact of introducing an already established and effective programme of rehabilitation within a critical care unit in a different organisation.
Design:
Fifteen-month prospective before/after quality improvement project.
Setting:
Seven-bed mixed dependency critical care unit.
Participants:
209 patients admitted to critical care for ≥4 days.
Intervention:
A multi-faceted quality improvement project focussed on changing structure and overcoming local barriers to increase levels of rehabilitation within critical care.
Main Outcome Measure:
Proportion of patients mobilised within critical care, time to first mobilise and highest level of mobility achieved within critical care.
Results:
Compared to before the quality improvement project, significantly more patients mobilised within critical care (92% vs 73%, p = 0.003). This resulted in a significant reduction in time to 1st mobilisation (2 vs 3.5 days, P < 0.001), particularly for those patients ventilated ≥4 days (3 vs 14 days) and higher mobility scores at the point of critical care discharge (Manchester mobility score 5 vs 4, p = 0.019).
Conclusion:
The results from this quality improvement project demonstrate the positive impact of introducing a programme of early and structured rehabilitation to a critical care unit within a different organisation. This could provide a framework for introducing similar programmes to other critical care units nationally.
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