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Physical Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit: A Comparative Study of Three Asian Countries

NCT05600478 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 164

Last updated 2022-10-31

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Summary

This descriptive-comparative study has explored and presented an overview of the extent of PT practice in the ICU in JP, PH, and TW. Specifically, the socio-demographic and ICU-related profiles of physical therapists (PTs) in Japan (JP), Philippines (PH), and Taiwan (TW) were presented, with the inclusion of the common PT interventions and challenges encountered in delivering PT services in the ICU in the said countries.

Included in the socio-demographic variables are the respondents' sex, age, highest educational attainment, PT work experience, and hospital affiliation. As to the ICU-related variables, it includes the respondents' ICU work experience, the types of ICU where respondents primarily work, the hiring department they belong to, the status of ICU posting, the duration of ICU posting, the daily ICU stay of the respondents, their engagement in on-call ICU PT services, the usual source of ICU patient referral, the number of daily ICU patients, the ratio of PT to ICU patients, and the level of participation in ICU-related PT training. Furthermore, different interventions that are commonly implemented and challenges that are commonly encountered in ICU PT service delivery in Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan were also investigated.

Conditions

  • ICU

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • China Medical University, Taiwan

    collaborator OTHER

  • Mariano Marcos State University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Juntendo University

    collaborator OTHER

  • China Medical University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yu-Jung Cheng, PhD in BMS · China Medical University, Taiwan

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-11-06
Primary Completion
2022-02-18
Completion
2022-02-18

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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