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NCT Number: NCT06573359

Turkish Validity and Reliability of the Expanded Rehabilitation Complexity Scale

The RCS is a tool that can assess the need for complex rehabilitation and objectively indicate that a patient may have difficulty functioning well at home or in the community if their medical needs are still high. Among rehabilitation patients, there are still patients with complex needs, even though they have maximized rehabilitation potential. Moreover, RCS can also be useful in highlighting cases of patients becoming seriously ill during the rehabilitation process due to an acute illness such as sepsis, which significantly limits treatment time. This information can be emphasized using RCS data when requesting extended or increased rehabilitation support.

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Key information

Conditions

Stroke Brain Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Cerebrovascular Disorders Nervous System Diseases Vascular Diseases

Age range

2 month–6 month

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Istanbul Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Research and Training Hospital

Istanbul, Bahçelievler, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

cansın medin-ceylan, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

5315759539

About this study

The Rehabilitation Complexity Scale (RCS) is similarly designed to provide a simple measure of the complexity of rehabilitation needs and/or interventions; This can be implemented in a timely manner and takes into account essential care, specialist nursing, therapy and medical interventions. Clauses in the RCS state that care, nursing, therapy and medical input needs are the primary 'causes' of case complexity and (together with length of stay) will ultimately affect a particular individual. Compliance in healthcare processes is a very current issue, with particular emphasis on the individualization of rehabilitation settings. Compliance has been described by WHO as a complex issue with various dimensions and definitions, and these vary between countries. However, most definitions of appropriateness address a set of basic requirements: that care be effective (based on valid evidence); be efficient (cost-effective); and is consistent with the ethical principles and preferences of the individual, society or society concerned. It is thought that RCS will meet these needs.The research population will be 110 patients selected from the patients hospitalized in the palliative unit of Istanbul Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Hospital.The sample size was determined as 110. MEDCALC program was used in the analysis. Linear regression analysis was performed. Cronbach-alpha was calculated as 97%.Stabil subacute stroke patients will be included in the study. Barthel, FIM, RCS-E tools will be used in the study.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

Clinical diagnoses of stroke -

Exclusion criteria

unstable cardiac and neurovascular disease

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Treatment and study plan

Questionnaire

Other

Turkish translation of the scale will be made by a native English speaker and the back translation will be made into English, and the consistency of the original and Turkish translation will be evaluated by a three-person expert committee. The psychometric properties of the scale will be investigated according to the methods used for the validity of the original scale. The validity of the scale was validated by analyzing the correlations between the rcs-e-tr score obtained at admission (both for each partial item and the total score) and other suitability indicators used in Turkey (FIM Motor and Barthel) using Spearman's rank correlation coefficient r (rho). will be evaluated. Additionally, to check the ability of rcs-e-tr to capture case complexity, it will be correlated with other scores usually recorded in our rehabilitation services on admission, using Spearman's rank correlation coefficient r(rho).

Primary outcomes

  1. Turkish validation and reliability of the Rehabilitation Complexity Scale (RCS-E)

    Time frame: 1 week for test retest interrater and intrarater evaluation. 2 months for the study

    The validity of the scale was validated by analyzing the correlations between the rcs-e-tr score obtained at admission (both for each partial item and the total score) and other suitability indicators used in Turkey (FIM Motor and Barthel) using Spearman's rank correlation coefficient r (rho). Additionally, to check the ability of rcs-e-tr to capture case complexity, it will be correlated with other scores usually recorded in our rehabilitation services on admission, using Spearman's rank correlation coefficient r(rho). Files will be viewed simultaneously and independently in a blinded manner by three researchers to assess the reproducibility of the scale.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

nurdan paker, Prof.MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+905326917591

sedef ersoy, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+905339532025

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Istanbul Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital

Other Gov

Registry information

Official study title

Turkish Validity and Reliability of the Expanded Rehabilitation Complexity Scale in Patients in the Stroke Palliative Care Unit

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2025
First posted
Aug 27, 2024
Registry last updated
Nov 8, 2024

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