NCT04524065

Effectiveness and Safety of an Early Mobilization Protocol in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 142 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Samsung Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Year – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the safety and effectiveness of an early rehabilitation program in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Half of the participants will receive intensive and frequent an early mobilization program and others will receive conservative mobilization program.

Detailed description

The 14 early rehabilitation sessions(10=physical therapy, 4=occupational therapy) occurred per week over a 2-week period (excluding weekends) in the early rehabilitation group for 15 minutes each. The control group received 2 sessions(physical therapy) per week over a 2-week period for 10 minutes each.

Conditions

• Critical Illness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Early rehabilitation protocol for children hospitalized in the PICU	The early rehabilitation protocol was developed by a collaborative multidisciplinary team approach in Samsung Medical Center, and the central components include the involvement of physical therapy/occupational therapy (PT/OT).

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-27
• Primary completion: 2025-08-30
• Completion: 2025-12-30
• First posted: 2020-08-24
• Last updated: 2024-03-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea