Fall Patients, Illness Behavior, Pain, Respiratory Insufficiency, Sprains, Vertigo
Conditions
Keywords
physical therapy, patient pathway, patient care management
Brief summary
The skills of physiotherapists have been employed to enhance access to optimal care in Emergency Departments (ED). No study has yet been conducted on the practices in France. The primary objective of this study was to describe the French practices of physiotherapy within an ED, and to secondary examine the effect on patient discharge.
Detailed description
A retrospective observational study was conducted on patients who received a referral for physiotherapy in the ED (E-PT) of the Universitarian Hospital of Nantes during a six-month observation period in 2022. A total of 461 medical records were extracted, including patient characteristics and the main chief complaint at the time of admission. Details on the delivery of E-PT were collected, as well as the end status at the exit of the ED. Descriptive statistics were performed to analyse the data. A propensity score analysis examined the association between the patients' status at the exit of the ED and E-PT.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPhysical Therapy
Assessment and/or treatment by physitoherapist during the visit
Sponsors
Université de Nantes
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* admission in the Emergency Departement * aged over 18 * refferal for physiotherapy within the Emergency Department
Exclusion criteria
* death * no admission within the Emergency Department (only administrative purposes)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Discharge at the exit of ED | up to 7 days (date of exit) | the type of discharge (home / hospitalisation) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Length of stay | up to 7 days (date of exit) | duration of stay in the ED |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Age | date of presenting to ED | Age of patients |
| Gender | date of presenting to ED | gender of patients |
| Chief complaint | date of presenting to ED | The chief complaint for visiting the ED |
| Day of admission | date of presenting to ED | day of the week |
| Unit of referral | date of presenting to ED | the unit of medical referral for E-PT |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed