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Analysis of a Stepped-Wedge Implementation of the PT-PENCIL Tool

NCT05964205 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 9704

Last updated 2026-03-30

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Summary

Despite the need to evolve, the fact that physical therapists are a constrained resource prompts the need for care prioritization that is optimally targeted. It is currently unclear which patients need physical therapist intervention in the hospital, and how much physical therapy is necessary, in order to achieve a functional status that is adequate to discharge home. We have developed a patient-level clinical decision support tool to guide optimal treatment frequency. This tool-the Physical Therapy Frequency Clinical Decision Support Tool, or "PT-PENCIL"-is based on a statistical model that predicts discharge home relative to the frequency of physical therapist treatment.

The primary goals of this study are to assess the implementation strategy for the PT-PENCIL and analyze its effect on improving the proportion of patients who discharge home.

Conditions

  • Physical Therapy Evaluation

Interventions

OTHER

Electronic clinical decision support tool

Electronic clinical decision support tool

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Learning Health Systems Rehabilitation Research Network

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Brittany Lapin

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brittany Lapin, PhD, MPH · The Cleveland Clinic

  • Joshua Johnson, DPT · Cleveland Clinic Foundation/Duke University

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-07-18
Primary Completion
2024-06-01
Completion
2026-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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