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NCT Number: NCT05600478

Physical Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit: A Comparative Study of Three Asian Countries

This descriptive-comparative study has explored and presented an overview of the extent of PT practice in the ICU in JP, PH, and TW. Specifically, the socio-demographic and ICU-related profiles of physical therapists (PTs) in Japan (JP), Philippines (PH), and Taiwan (TW) were presented, with the inclusion of the common PT interventions and challenges encountered in delivering PT services in the ICU in the said countries.

Included in the socio-demographic variables are the respondents' sex, age, highest educational attainment, PT work experience, and hospital affiliation. As to the ICU-related variables, it includes the respondents' ICU work experience, the types of ICU where respondents primarily work, the hiring department they belong to, the status of ICU posting, the duration of ICU posting, the daily ICU stay of the respondents, their engagement in on-call ICU PT services, the usual source of ICU patient referral, the number of daily ICU patients, the ratio of PT to ICU patients, and the level of participation in ICU-related PT training. Furthermore, different interventions that are commonly implemented and challenges that are commonly encountered in ICU PT service delivery in Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan were also investigated.

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Key information

Conditions

ICU

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

China Medical University

Taichung, 406, Taiwan

About this study

Physical therapy (PT) is proven beneficial among critically ill patients. However, there is an extent to the practice of PT in the intensive care unit (ICU) which differs between countries. With this, the extent of PT practice in the ICU in three Asian countries, namely Japan (JP), Philippines (PH), and Taiwan (TW), was determined and compared by specifically determining the socio-demographic and ICU-related profile of physical therapists (PTs) who have worked in the ICU.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Physical therapists who:
  • are currently residing or working in Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan;
  • are working, or have worked in an ICU in JP, PH, or TW, and have provided PT services to critically ill patients regardless of age, sex, nationality/race, and years of work experience (in general);
  • have an active e-mail address; and
  • provided informed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • Physical therapists who are:
  • newly hired (or rotated) PTs with ICU duty but have not yet handled any ICU patient; and
  • licensed PTs from JP, PH, and TW but are based and/or are working abroad.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Sex

    Time frame: November 6, 2021 to February 18, 2022

    Asked in the form of MCQ

  2. Highest educational attainment

    Time frame: November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022

    PhD, Master, diploma

  3. Work experience

    Time frame: November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022

    Asked in the form of MCQ (by age range)

  4. Hospital affiliation

    Time frame: November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022

    Asked in the form of MCQ (with sub-classification: level, ownership, teaching affiliation)

  5. ICU work experience

    Time frame: November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022

    Asked in the form of MCQ (in range)

  6. Type of ICU

    Time frame: November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022

    Multiple answer question

  7. Hiring department

    Time frame: November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022

    Asked in the form of MCQ

  8. Status of ICU posting

    Time frame: November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022

    Asked in the form of MCQ

  9. Duration of ICU posting

    Time frame: November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022

    Asked in the form of MCQ (by time range)

  10. ICU stay per day

    Time frame: November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022

    Asked in the form of MCQ (by time range)

  11. Engagement in on-call ICU PT service

    Time frame: November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022

    Asked in the form of a dichotomous question

  12. ICU PTs in the hospital

    Time frame: November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022

    Asked via short answer question

  13. Source of ICU patient referral

    Time frame: November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022

    Asked in the form of MCQ

  14. Number of ICU patients per day

    Time frame: November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022

    Asked in the form of MCQ (by range)

  15. PT-patient ratio

    Time frame: November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022

    Asked in the form of MCQ

  16. Participation in ICU-related PT trainin

    Time frame: November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022

    Asked in the form of dichotomus, MCQ, and multiple answer question

  17. Most common PT techniques implemented in the ICU

    Time frame: November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022

    Multiple answer question

  18. Challenges encountered in the delivery of PT services in the ICU

    Time frame: November 6 2021, to February 18, 2022

    Multiple answer question

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

China Medical University Hospital

Other

Collaborators

  • China Medical University, Taiwan
  • Juntendo University
  • Mariano Marcos State University

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Oct 31, 2022
Registry last updated
Oct 31, 2022

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