Physical function measures in ICU survivors, where to now? A scoping review.

Background: Growing evidence is describing the long-term morbidity experienced by critical illness survivors, a major contributing factor being impaired physical function. Consensus is yet to be reached on which physical function measures should be included in this population. This review aimed to describe physical functioning measurement instruments used in longitudinal studies of critical illness survivors, based on the International Classification of Function (ICF).

Validation of the World Health Organization Rehabilitation Competency Framework: An illustration using physiotherapy.

Objective: The World Health Organization's Rehabilitation 2030 initiative represents a new strategic direction for the worldwide rehabilitation community and their Rehabilitation Competency Framework (RCF) was designed to describe the requirements of a rehabilitation workforce. This study aimed to identify and review global physiotherapy competencies and explore their congruence with the WHO-RCF.

Design: A document review and thematic analysis were conducted on competency documents sourced from World Physiotherapy member countries.

Rethinking Scale-Up of Rehabilitation for Chronic Disease in Low-Resource Settings: Embracing Complexity for Contextual Impact.

As the burden of chronic disease and multiple long-term conditions is increasing globally, disproportionally affecting those in low-resourced settings, there is an increasing call to action to scale effective models of care that can assist in mitigating the impact of chronic disease on functioning, activity, societal participation, and health-related quality of life. The aim of this paper is to unpack the contextual factors that have been implicitly and explicitly voiced by researchers reporting on rehabilitation interventions used to manage chronic disease in low-resourced settings. We systematically engaged the literature and applied a reflexive qualitative and systems thinking lens to unpack the contextual factors and their interplay.

Patient perceptions of ICU physiotherapy: 'Your body needs to go somewhere to be recharged … '.

Background: Patient satisfaction is an essential concept to consider for the improvement of quality care in healthcare centres and hospitals and has been linked to increased patient compliance with treatment plans, better patient safety and improved clinical outcomes.

Objectives: As part of a before-and-after clinical trial aimed to investigate the implementation of an evidence-based and -validated physiotherapy protocol within a surgical intensive care unit (ICU), we decided to include the patient perception of physiotherapy received in the intervention unit.

Methods: A nested, exploratory, descriptive, qualitative study design was adopted.

Functional outcomes of patients in ICU using the Chelsea Critical Care Physical Assessment tool: An integrative review.

Background: Outcome measures can assess the change in the health status of a patient in an intensive care unit (ICU). The Chelsea Critical Care Physical Assessment (CPAx) tool is used to assess the functional outcomes to monitor patient progression or regression in an ICU.

Objectives: Our study aimed to identify studies that assess the functional outcomes of patients nursed in ICUs that use the CPAx tool.