Exploring perceptions of barriers to mobilisation in an ICU v1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Exploring clinician and patient perceptions of the barriers to early mobilisation in an intensive care unit in the United Kingdom and how they can be overcome.
IRAS ID
213868
Contact name
Anthony Gordon
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Joint Research Compliance Office, Imperial College London
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 9 months, 31 days
Research summary
What are clinician and patient perceptions of the barriers to early mobilisation in an intensive care unit in the United Kingdom and how they can be overcome?\n\nThere is evidence that getting patients out of bed and walking (early mobilisation) on Intensive Care Units (ICU) can help reduce the substantial physical problems experienced by ICU survivors. However recent evidence has emerged showing that early mobilisation is not used enough. An exploration of the barriers to early mobilisation uptake is required. If we know more about what the barriers are in a UK setting, we can address them to improve mobilisation uptake. \n\nICU clinicians (including doctors, nurses and physiotherapists) at the host NHS Trust and former patients and their relatives/carers (found through patient support groups) will be interviewed. They will be asked questions to find out what they think stops early mobilisation from happening, and what could be done to help it happen more. The interviews will allow people to express their views in depth. They will take place at one of the hospitals in the host NHS Trust and will last about 45 minutes to 1 hour. The twenty interviews will take place over a 10 month period. The interviews will be recorded and then what was said will be typed out onto a computer record. We will spend some time looking at these records and summarising the main things that were said. \n\nThis study is funded as part of a National Institute for Health Research Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship.\n
REC name
London - Bloomsbury Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/LO/0362
Date of REC Opinion
13 Apr 2017
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion