Effectiveness of Nurse-led lnterventions on Specific Clinical Outcomes among patients admitted to Intensive Care Units at tertiary care hospital, Manglore.
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrollment
- 60
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Critical care pain and ICU related complications
Overview
Brief Summary
A quasi experimental study will be conducted to assess the nurse-led interventions including supportive communication and range of motion exercises for upper and lower extremities on specific clinical outcomes such as critical care pain and ICU-related complications among patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. Supportive communication which includes touch, spending time with the patient and being involved in patient care. Range of motion exercises will be performed for the upper and lower extremities. Upper extremity range of motion exercises include flexion and extension of wrist, elbow and shoulder. Lower extremity range of motion exercises include ankle dorsi flexion and plantar flexion. Pretest will be performed before providing interventions with routine treatment in the group and control group. Posttest will be conducted after 2 days of intervention and on the day of discharge from the ICU.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 20.00 Year(s) to 70.00 Year(s) (—)
- Sex
- All
Inclusion Criteria
- •Conscious and responds to verbal commands With medical diagnosis of pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases.
Exclusion Criteria
- •With physical deformities that restrict their ability to perform certain type of exercises
- •Support of mechanical ventilation and aggressive therapies such as BiPAP.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Critical care pain and ICU related complications
Time Frame: one week
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Meghashree Gajanan Naik
Yenepoya Nursing College