Mobilisation and Breathing Exercises After Abdominal Surgery at Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Recruiting

• Conditions: Abdominal Surgery

• Registration Number: NCT06809036
• Lead Sponsor: Göteborg University

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of a new care strategy, including earlier and more intensive mobilization and individually adapted breathing exercises, regarding length of stay, recovery, complications and which factors predict interventions early in the postoperative course after various abdominal surgical procedures.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2025-01-22
• Study Start: 2025-02-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-02-04
• Study First Posted: 2025-02-05
• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-11
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-12
• Primary Completion: 2026-06-30
• Study Completion: 2026-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• undergoing elective or emergency open, or robot-assisted abdominal surgery
• has an expected anesthesia time of over 4 hours
• is extubated on the operating table
• planned overnight stay in the postoperative ward.

Exclusion Criteria

• plastic, trauma, transplant or orthopedic surgery.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time in postoperative care	At discharge from postoperative care up to two days after surgery.	Actual time from arrival to, to discharche from postoperative care.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to first mobilisation	Up to the second postoperative day	Time from arrival to postoperative care to first mobilisation
Time to start of breathing exercises	Up to the second postoperative day	Time from arrival to postoperative care until start of specific breathing exercises.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sahlgrenska University Hospital; 🇸🇪 Gothenburg, Sweden