Effectiveness of Nurse-led Physical Therapy in Terms of Patient Competency, Patient Engagement and Physical Performance.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis
• Interventions: Behavioral: Nurse Led Physical Therapy

• Registration Number: NCT05376826
• Lead Sponsor: Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India

Brief Summary

Due to Prolonged diseased Condition, Patients are not able to care for themselves and even avoid movement their range of motion is limited which may develop frailty among Liver disease Patients.

This Study aims at assessing Engagement, Competency and Physical Performance of Physical Frail Chronic Liver disease Patients before and after Nurse led Physical therapy.

Besides these Parameters effect of Intervention on Physical frailty will also be assessed.

Detailed Description

Research Approach: Quantitative Study Research design: Quasi Experimental Research design ( Pre-test - Post test Control group design) Setting: Study is planned on OPD patients of ILBS, New Delhi. Sampling Technique: Random Allocation in Experiment and Control group after matching for age and gender Sample size: 80 Patients Variables: Independent variable- Nurse-led Physical therapy Dependent Variable- Patient Competency, Patient Engagement, Physical Performance.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2021-10
• Study First Submitted: 2021-10-11
• Study Start: 2021-11-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-11-14
• Study Completion: 2021-12-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-05-16
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-05-16
• Study First Posted: 2022-05-17
• Last Update Posted: 2022-05-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

• Prefrail and Frail CLD Patients (MELD <24)
• Follow up of Prefrail and Frail CLD Patients (MELD<24)
• Participants willing for Research

Exclusion Criteria

• Frail Patients who are bedridden
• presence of hepatopulmonary disease
• Presence of neurological defects
• Previous history of Liver Transplantation
• Severe COPD, Heart Failure

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Prefrail and Frail CLD Patients	Nurse Led Physical Therapy	Nurse- led Physical Therapy include Video based range of Motion Exercises for 10-20 min.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patient Competency by patient Competency Scale at 1 week	1 week	Compare Patient Competency using patient Competency Scale. The total score of this scale ranges from 0-84 with minimum score 28 and maximum score 84. Higher scores mean a highly competent score.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patient Engagement by Patient Engagement Scale at 1 week	1 week	Patient Engagement using Patient Engagement Scale. The total score of this scale ranges from 10-40 with minimum score 10 and maximum score 40. Higher scores mean a highly engaged.
Physical Performance by six minute walk test at 1 week	1 week	Physical Performance using six minute walk test in Physically Frail Chronic Liver disease patients before and after Physical Therapy. The distance covered measures physical performance, where distance more than 300 meter means normal physical performance and less than or equal to 300 meter means low physical performance.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sonam Kumari; 🇮🇳 New delhi, Delhi, India