Impact of a Post-Critical Illness Rehabilitation Class. Version 1.0
Research type
Research Study
Full title
What is the Impact on Patients and Caregivers of a Post-Critical Illness Rehabilitation Class: A Mixed Methods, Feasibility Study?
IRAS ID
279112
Contact name
Eleanor M Douglas
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
Title: What is The Impact on Patients and Caregivers of a Post-Critical Illness Rehabilitation Class?
Survivors of critical illness have ongoing health issues, reduced quality of life and higher healthcare costs. Only half return to work within a year and rehabilitation programmes post hospital discharge are recommended but not commonplace.
Funding to deliver a rehabilitation class for Nottingham University Hospitals patients has been secured for one year. Patients who have been admitted to intensive care and stayed for 4 or more days are invited to attend the class. Patients attend for one hour a week for 6 weeks. They undertake an individualised circuit exercise programme and receive advice from the therapy team. We need to know if the class is acceptable and investigate its impact on the attendees’ health and quality of life.The study has 3 stages:
Stage 1: Patients have their physical function, leg and grip strength, mood, quality of life, readiness for return to work and work status measured at Week 1 and Week 6 of the class. The researcher will visit class attendees six weeks after their final rehabilitation class in their homes and ask them to repeat these measures. The researcher will then interview the attendee and their caregiver to investigate if the class met their needs, if its format is acceptable and explore their views on how the class should be delivered in the future
Stage 2: A discussion group will be performed with the therapists who delivered the class to investigate their views on future programme delivery
Stage 3: A discussion group with patients and caregivers will be undertaken to see if we are measuring outcomes that are important to them
Nottingham University Hospitals patients will directly benefit as the findings will guide the future rehabilitation class delivery. The findings will also inform a future trial investigating the effectiveness of attending a rehabilitation class post-critical illness.
REC name
East Midlands - Leicester Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/EM/0093
Date of REC Opinion
9 Apr 2020
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion