The effectiveness of a vaildated evidence based physiotherapy protocol onselected outcomes

The development, implementation and evaluation of an evidence- based physiotherapy protocol for the management of patients in a surgical intensive care unit

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR201206000389290

Enrollment

180

Registered

2012-06-04

Start date

2008-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Critical Illness

Interventions

Usual care

Protocol Care

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All patients admitted to the surgical ICU of a tertiary hospital consecutively during two trial periods, 1 November 2008 to 12 December 2008 and again from 5 January to 15 February 2009 were included.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Were younger than 16 years of age; Already in the unit on 1 November 2008 Already 5 January 2009.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Therapeutic Index Scoring Sysytem 28 Item;Ventilation proportions;Functional ability;Functional capacity	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Time on the ventilator;Length of stay;Mortality	—

Countries

South Africa

Contacts

Public ContactSusan Hanekom

Senior Lecturer Stellenbosch University

sdh@sun.ac.za0219389496

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026