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Strengths and Weaknesses of Physiotherapy in the Daily Work of an Intensive Care Unit

NCT06407076 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 21

Last updated 2025-04-01

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Summary

Background. A stay in the Intensive Care Unit can cause long-term problems and physiological changes at the neuromuscular and respiratory levels in critically ill patients. Early physiotherapy in these patients is safe and feasible to avoid or reduce the adverse musculoskeletal and respiratory effects of the stay in this hospital unit.

Objective. To identify the strengths and barriers of Physiotherapy in an Intensive Care Unit, according to the vision of different Health Science professionals.

Method. Qualitative observational study using individual interviews and focus groups. 18 people (6 doctors, 6 nurses and 6 physiotherapists) will be included in the study. The 18 health professionals will participate in personal interviews and focus groups (3 focus groups with 6 participants each). Participants will be recruited from the Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias. Data will be analysed using the thematic analysis approach according to Braun and Clarke's method. We will use face-to-face interviews and focus groups to collect data and analyse them through thematic analysis. Purposive sampling will be used to recruit our participants. We will continue to recruit participants, if necessary, until saturation of data from the thematic analysis is reached.

Expected outcomes. To assess the knowledge, perceptions and expectations of the healthcare staff in the Intensive Care Unit regarding Physiotherapy in the management of patients admitted to this Unit. To identify the strengths of Physiotherapy in the management of these patients.

Conditions

  • Healthcare

Interventions

OTHER

Interviews

Following the design of the questionnaire, using open-ended questions based on the availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality (AAAQ) framework, qualitative semi-structured personal interviews were used to collect the data. In this way it was possible to collect information in a more detailed way. The subjects included in the study had to answer the questions posed by the main researcher, responding with open or closed answers, through a questionnaire created for this purpose.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Oviedo

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-05-09
Primary Completion
2024-05-13
Completion
2025-03-15

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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