ICU sedation, delirium & recovery
Assessing the safety of physical rehabilitation in critically ill patients: a Delphi study
Authors' conclusion
The adverse event tool can be used in studies of physical rehabilitation to ensure uniform measurement of safety.
Study context
- Population
- International multi-professional ICU clinicians and clinician researchers; former ICU patients and a relative for the adverse event definition
- Participants
- 24 clinicians · 10 countries
- Outcome
- Consensus on (a) adverse events for a general ICU cohort and (b) risks to assess before physical rehabilitation of patients receiving vasoactive drugs
Methodological detailsthree-stage Delphi, international, 70% consensus agreement threshold, five-point Likert scale, Former ICU patients and family members/carers involved in adverse event consensus
- Three-stage Delphi
- International
- 70% consensus agreement threshold
- Five-point Likert scale
- Former ICU patients and family members/carers involved in adverse event consensus
Recommendations
As reported in the abstract
Adverse events reaching consensus (adverse event tool created)
54
Risk factors before rehabilitation with vasoactive drugs reaching consensus (risk assessment tool created)
50
Further findings
Panel characteristics and response
- Mean ICU experience, years (SD 8)
- 18
- Panellists with ICU rehabilitation publications
- 61%
- Former ICU patients recruited (adverse event definition)
- 5
- Patient relatives recruited
- 1
- Delphi response rate
- 97%
Original publication
Assessing the safety of physical rehabilitation in critically ill patients: a Delphi study. Crit Care. Published 30 April 2024. doi:10.
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