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NCT Number: NCT06402903

Physiotherapy in Patients in a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Background. Cardiovascular diseases are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The management of these patients requires multidisciplinary therapeutic approaches. Physiotherapy plays a fundamental role in the postoperative management of patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

Objective: To analyse the relationship between the administration of a physiotherapy intervention and the time spent in the cardiac ICU and on the ward.

Method. Retrospective cohort study. The medical records of 110 patients undergoing cardiac surgery who received a Physiotherapy intervention during their stay in the Intensive Care Unit will be analysed. Data will be collected from patients admitted to the cardiac ICU in 2023. The variables assessed will be: length of stay in ICU and hospital admission (days), age (years completed), weight (kg) and sex. A one-factor analysis of variance will be performed to calculate the association between the variables and a linear regression analysis will be used to describe the hospital stay variables as a function of the other predictor variables.

Expected outcomes. Physiotherapy treatment in an Intensive Care Unit improves ICU and hospital stay times in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

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Key information

Conditions

Cardiac Surgery Patients

Age range

18 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

University of Oviedo

Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, 33006, Spain

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients diagnosed with cardiac pathology
  • Undergoing cardiac surgery at the Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias between 1 January and 31 March 2023
  • In the postoperative phase in the Intensive Care Unit and subsequently on transfer to the ward, they received physiotherapy treatment or not.
  • That the period of stay in the ICU was less than 30 days.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with comorbidities prior to surgery that hindered independence from third parties in the performance of activities of daily living and ambulation; iii) patients with previous cardiac surgeries; and iv) patients whose study variables were not fully recorded in the Medical History.
  • Patients with previous cardiac surgeries
  • Patients whose study variables were not fully recorded in the Clinical History.

Treatment and study plan

observation

Other

The clinical, post-surgical and anthropometric variables of the patients, as well as the time spent in the Intensive Care Unit and on the hospital ward (in days) were collected in the Clinical Histories.

The collection of data from the Clinical Histories will be carried out by the principal investigator, an employee of the Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, in accordance with current data protection regulations, scrupulously complying with the anonymous collection of clinical data, and without collecting any data that could allow the identification of the patients whose data were collected.

The data from the Clinical Histories will be exported to an Excel file which will subsequently be anonymised. Access to the Excel file will require a password access that will be managed from a computer of the University of Oviedo (Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties).

Primary outcomes

  1. Assess length of stay in the Intensive Care Unit

    Time frame: Screening visit

    This period shall be calculated (in days) by subtracting the date of admission to the Intensive Care Unit from the date of discharge from the Intensive Care Unit.

  2. Assess time from hospital admission to medical discharge

    Time frame: Screening visit

    This period shall be calculated (in days) by subtracting the date of admission to the Intensive Care Unit from the date of discharge.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Assess the age

    Time frame: Screening visit

    This quantitative variable will indicate the age of the patients (in years of age) at the time of admission to the Intensive Care Unit.

  2. Assess the gender

    Time frame: Screening visit

    This dichotomous variable (Female / Male) will indicate the sex of the patient at the time of admission to the Intensive Care Unit.

  3. Assess the weight

    Time frame: Screening visit

    The weight at the time of the patient's admission to the hospital will be assessed (in kg)

  4. Assess the administration of a physiotherapy intervention

    Time frame: Screening visit

    This dichotomous variable (Yes / No) will indicate whether the patient has received physiotherapy intervention during his/her stay in the Intensive Care Unit.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Oviedo

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Physiotherapy in Patients in a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. A Retrospective Cohort Study

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
May 7, 2024
Registry last updated
May 22, 2024

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