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Wheelchair Provision Time for Hospital Inpatients

NCT06566040 · Status: SUSPENDED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 119

Last updated 2025-02-18

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Summary

In a Pilot Study, the median Wheelchair Lead Time (from when a wheelchair was ordered by an Occupational Therapist for an inpatient in the Central Zone of Nova Scotia Health to when the wheelchair arrived at the destination facility) of 119 wheelchairs was 2.98 days, with median Wheelchair Assembly Time and Wheelchair Delivery Time components of 0.98 and 1.00 days respectively. (For the over 3,000 inpatients/year for whom an order is placed, Wheelchair Delivery Time is not routinely recorded.) Reductions in Wheelchair Lead Time have the potential to speed patient mobilization (with benefits to the patient) and reduce both the patient's hospital Length of Stay and the patient-related Cost of Hospitalization. However, these potential benefits remain speculative. The objective of this project is to test the hypotheses that there are significant positive associations between Wheelchair Lead Time and both Length of Stay and the Cost of Hospitalization.

Conditions

  • Wheelchairs

Interventions

DEVICE

Wheelchair

Wheelchairs provided to hospital inpatients

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Nova Scotia Health Authority

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ronald L Kirby, MD · Dalhousie University

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-10-01
Primary Completion
2025-12-31
Completion
2026-06-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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