Effects of early rehabilitation intervention for general hospital inpatients on ADL at discharge, length of stay, and medical costs: a cluster randomized controlled trial

JRCT ID: jRCT1030240003

Registered date:03/04/2024

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Disuse syndrome
• Date of first enrollment: 01/04/2024
• Target sample size: 126
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): Comprehensive rehabilitation conducted twice a day (morning and afternoon) for approximately 20 minutes each time by physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech therapists who work at Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Barthel index at discharge
• Secondary Outcome: Length of hospital stay, medical expenses during hospitalization, 30-day readmission rate, 30-day mortality rate, return-to-home rate

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 70age old
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Both

Include criteria

Those who meet the following criteria are eligible.
1) Persons who are 70 years of age or older at the time of obtaining consent
2) Persons hospitalized from home
3) Those who have received sufficient explanation and informed written consent of the research subject or his or her family to participate in this research.

Exclude criteria

1) Persons whose hospitalization period is estimated to be less than 14 days
2) Persons admitted to intensive care unit
3) Persons who were expected to die at the time of admission and received best supportive care.
4) Persons with uncontrolled arrhythmia
5) Those who have had acute myocardial infarction within 30 days before hospitalization
6) Persons with acute pulmonary embolism
7) Those who have undergone surgical surgery under general anesthesia within 30 days before hospitalization
8) Those who have suffered a limb fracture within 30 days before hospitalization.
9) Any other person who is judged by the research physician to be inappropriate as a research subject.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Kobayashi Daiki
• Secondary Sponsor: Ito Hiroshi
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Daiwa Security Foundation