Early Mobilization of Older Adults in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
- Conditions
- Physical ActivityOlder AdultsCardiovascular Diseases
- Interventions
- Other: Early Mobilization
- Registration Number
- NCT03616873
- Lead Sponsor
- Lady Davis Institute
- Brief Summary
An early mobilization (EM) program will be implemented in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit at the Jewish General Hospital (JGH), an academic tertiary hospital in Montreal, Quebec.
The investigators will perform a prospective, pre/post-EM intervention study in adults aged ≥60 years old admitted to the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at the JGH. During a 3-month period, the investigators will prospectively enrol patients to the pre-intervention cohort. The EM intervention will then be implemented. During a 12-month period, the investigators will prospectively enrol patients to the intervention cohort. 1 and 12 months following hospital discharge, patients in the pre-intervention and post-intervention cohorts will be contacted by phone by a member of the research team to assess for functional status and quality of life measures.
The primary effectiveness outcome will be the mean improvement in level of function (LOF) during CICU admission and at 1 and 12 months. Covariates predicting improvement in LOF ("responsiveness") and ones which do not ("non-responsiveness") will be assessed. The recovery of physical function at 1 month and 6 months as measured by the SF-36 physical component summary score will be assessed. The SF-36 scores of the highest scoring tertile of LOF on hospital discharge will be compared with the lowest scoring tertile. Hospital readmission at 30 days and discharge home vs. healthcare facility will also be compared. For safety, the composite and individual components of the number of falls, injuries, and dislodgements over the total number of attempted mobility activities will be recorded. The results from the intervention cohort will be compared to the pre-intervention cohort for all results.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 147
- Participating in early mobilization program
- Age 60 years old or older
- CICU stays less than 24 hours
- Patients with prehospital LOF 0 (immobile), LOF 1 (bedbound) or 2 (can sit in chair only).
- Cardiac surgery patients will also be excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Adults aged 60 or older Early Mobilization -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mean change in Level of Function (LOF) scale score during CICU admission and 1 and 12 months post-hospitalization Duration of Cardiac Intensive Care Unit stay (average 4 days) and 1 and 12 months post-hosptialization The mean improvement change in the Level of Function scale score in patients undergoing early mobilization. The Level of Function scale measures mobility and ranges from 0 (bed immobile) to 5 (walking more than 20 meters), with higher scores indicating better mobility.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Recovery of physical function 1 month and 12 months. Recovery of physical function at 1 month and 12 months as measured by the Short Form (SF)-36 physical component summary score (measures 8 subscales: physical functioning, physical role, bodily pain, general health, vitality, social functioning, emotional role and mental health). The score range is from 0 to 100 and scores are calibrated so that 50 is the average score. Higher scores mean less disability.
Recovery of functional ability 1 month and 12 months The recovery of functional ability at 1 month and 12 months as measured by the Level of Function scale score. The Level of Function scale measures mobility and ranges from 0 (bed immobile) to 5 (walking more than 20 meters), with higher scores indicating better mobility.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Jewish General Hospital / Lady Davis Institute
🇨🇦Montréal, Quebec, Canada