A 7 day per week physiotherapy service for inpatient rehabilitation patients at Broadmeadows Health Service (BHS), Northern Health: a feasibility study

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Inpatient rehabilitation population; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12609000837224
• Lead Sponsor: Ofa Starman

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2009-09-25
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

Admitted to inpatient rehabilitation ward at BHS, written and informed consent obtained prior to first weekend of inpatient stay,

Exclusion Criteria

medically unstable (assessed by a member of the medical team), not considered appropriate for weekend physiotherapy by usual care therapist, do not have physiotherapy goals, admitted after 1 pm on Friday, consent not obtained prior to first weekend as an inpatient.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
problems and obstacles that are identified by staff involved in the project during the trial period (via survey)[halfway (5weeks) and at completion (10weeks)];hospital length of stay at BHS[at hospital discharge];de Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI) scores (measuring mobility)[hospital discharge assessment]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and Barthel Index scores. Both measure indepndence in Activities of Daily Living.[hospital discharge];National benchmarking statistics- Australian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre (AROC)[hospital discharge];discharge destination (will be collected from the patient history in the following categories: home alone, home with other, hostel, nursing home, transitional care program, flexi bed, other)[hospital discharge]