Physiotherapy in Emergency Department: a Service Analysis From a French Hospital

Completed

• Conditions: Fall Patients; Sprains; Vertigo; Illness Behavior; Respiratory Insufficiency; Pain
• Interventions: Behavioral: Physical Therapy

• Registration Number: NCT06528899
• Lead Sponsor: Université de Nantes

Brief Summary

The skills of physiotherapists have been employed to enhance access to optimal care in Emergency Departments (ED). No study has yet been conducted on the practices in France. The primary objective of this study was to describe the French practices of physiotherapy within an ED, and to secondary examine the effect on patient discharge.

Detailed Description

A retrospective observational study was conducted on patients who received a referral for physiotherapy in the ED (E-PT) of the Universitarian Hospital of Nantes during a six-month observation period in 2022. A total of 461 medical records were extracted, including patient characteristics and the main chief complaint at the time of admission. Details on the delivery of E-PT were collected, as well as the end status at the exit of the ED. Descriptive statistics were performed to analyse the data. A propensity score analysis examined the association between the patients' status at the exit of the ED and E-PT.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-12-31
• Study Completion: 2022-12-31
• Status Verified: 2024-07
• Study First Submitted: 2024-07-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-07-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-07-29
• Study First Posted: 2024-07-30
• Last Update Posted: 2024-07-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 461

Inclusion Criteria

• admission in the Emergency Departement
• aged over 18
• refferal for physiotherapy within the Emergency Department

Exclusion Criteria

• death
• no admission within the Emergency Department (only administrative purposes)

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Emergency Physiotherapy (E-PT)	Physical Therapy	Subcohort of patients receiving a referral + Emergency Physiotherapy (E-PT) during their visit to Emergency Department

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Discharge at the exit of ED	up to 7 days (date of exit)	the type of discharge (home / hospitalisation)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Length of stay	up to 7 days (date of exit)	duration of stay in the ED

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

CHU de Nantes; 🇫🇷 Nantes, France

Université de Nantes - MIP UR 4334 (Motricity, Movement, Interactions); 🇫🇷 Nantes, France