None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Those randomised to the intervention group will receive the services of a Mobile Rehabilitation team who will deliver rehabilitation services while the participant is admitted to the acute wards. Those randomised to the control group will have usual care. Both groups will be followed up by phone interview at 3 months for those with moderate injury and 6 months for those with severe injury to determine health outcomes.
Interventions
Involvement of a mobile rehabilitation team consisting of at least physio, occupational therapy and social worker and rehabilitation medicine physician. This team provides early multidipsciplinary assessment, adequate intensity of therapy (1-2 hours per day), and weekly case conferencing. They will provide rehabilitation interventions in parallel care with trauma/surgical team for the duration of the acute hospital stay. Patients are monitored as soon as they are admitted by the research assista
Involvement of a mobile rehabilitation team consisting of at least physio, occupational therapy and social worker and rehabilitation medicine physician. This team provides early multidipsciplinary assessment, adequate intensity of therapy (1-2 hours per day), and weekly case conferencing. They will provide rehabilitation interventions in parallel care with trauma/surgical team for the duration of the acute hospital stay. Patients are monitored as soon as they are admitted by the research assistant and approached for consent. Once the patient consents, early multidisicplinary rehabilitation assessment will take place within 24 hours (or 3 days if on a weekend) or as soon as he/she is discharged from intensive care.
Sponsors
St. Vincent's Hospital
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
People admitted to an Acute Hospital as a result of injuries sustained in a road crash on a NSW public road. This includes all vehicle occupants, motorcyclists, cyclists and pedestrians. Aged over 18. Willingness to give written or oral informed consent by the person or the person responsible. Having been cleared by their treating medical/surgical team as being medically/surgically stable for the purposes of being approached by the research coordinator to obtain consent from either the person or in the event of being in Post Traumatic Amnesia, the person responsible. LOS 5 days or more.
Exclusion criteria
Admitted to palliative care ward Admitted to an acute psychiatric ward (unable to follow instructions) Severe deafness and unable to carry out a phone interview Those without a phone or access to one Overseas tourists leaving Australia to complete and/or rehabilitation overseas
Outcome results
None listed