Short Multi -disciplinary Acute Rehabilitation Team (SMART) to acute care

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: functional decline due to injury or illness; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12612000894897
• Lead Sponsor: Anna Butcher

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2012-08-22
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 66

Inclusion Criteria

Adult Inpatient in acute ward at RNSH
Patients admitted under the care of a medical or surgical specialty
Medically stable
Having Identified rehab goals
Willing to participate in program
Provision of written informed consent
Assessed to be suitable for discharge from hospital within 7 days

Exclusion Criteria

Children
Patients assessed as requiring >7 days of inpatient rehabilitation in sub-acute care
Unwilling to participate in rehabilitation program
Unwilling to provide written informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ength of stay in acute care as measured by hospital data system HIE, electronic patient record will be accessed to identify total length of stay for patient in acute ward .[discharge from Royal North Shore Hospital acute ward]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Functional Improvement[Timed up and go and Functional Independence Measure conducted at admission to study and at 7 days of treatment or at discharge if earlier than 7 days.]