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Effect of Sit-to-Stand Intervention in the Intensive Care Unit Survivors
Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital
Summary
"Sit-to-stand" is key to independent living. For intensive care unit (ICU) survivors, failure to perform sit-to-stand results in bed-bound status, unable participating in important activities of daily living (ADLs) or instrumental ADLs. Recent studies indicated that 31% of ICU survivors remained bed-bound and unable to "sit-to-stand" after returning home. Our preliminary findings further indicated that 70% of ICU survivors who had the ICU-acquired weakness (ICU-AW) were unable to "sit-to-stand" one-month after ICU discharge. The aim of this 3-year research project was to develop a feasible and effective "sit-to-stand" intervention (STS intervention) and to examine effects of the STS Care in improving ICU survivors' "sit-to-stand" ability, walking independently, physical function, and rates of bed-bound and mortality one year following ICU discharge.
Official title: Effect of Sit-to-Stand Intervention in the Intensive Care Unit Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
20 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
246
Start Date
2020-09-14
Completion Date
2024-11-08
Last Updated
2026-04-15
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Sit-to-stand Intervention
1. Passive, anti-gravity range of motion(ROM) exercise of lower legs and sitting balance exercise. 2. Sit-to-stand exercise 3. Education on strategies to facilitate sit-to-stand movement and safe transfer
Locations (1)
Cheryl, Chia-Hui Chen, PhD
Taipei, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan