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Trial registered on ANZCTR

Registration number

ACTRN12613000753752

Ethics application status

Approved

Date submitted

28/06/2013

Date registered

5/07/2013

Date last updated

5/05/2015

Type of registration

Retrospectively registered

Titles & IDs

Public title

Minimum standards of practice for physiotherapists working in Australasian critical care: a Delphi study

Scientific title

Minimum standards of practice for physiotherapists working in Australasian critical care: a Delphi study

Secondary ID [1]

Nil

Universal Trial Number (UTN)

Trial acronym

Linked study record

Health condition

Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:

Lack of minimum clinical practice standards for physiotherapists working in critical care

Condition category

Condition code

Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation

Physiotherapy

Public Health

Health service research

Intervention/exposure

Study type

Observational

Patient registry

False

Target follow-up duration

Target follow-up type

Description of intervention(s) / exposure

We are inviting participants to complete up to three questionnaires (of 1-2 hours duration) over a period of up to six months on their perspectives of the criteria required for successful independent physiotherapist practice in the intensive care unit.

Intervention code [1]

Not applicable

Comparator / control treatment

N/A

Control group

Uncontrolled

Outcomes

Primary outcome [1]

Consensus standards of minimum clinical practice for physiotherapists working in critical care. This outcome will be assessed by the proportion of physiotherapists agreeing that specific items defined a priori are essential as a minimum practice standard.

Timepoint [1]

The consensus standard will be measured via cross-sectional survey at three time points (over a duration of up to six months) spaced approximately 8 weeks apart.

Secondary outcome [1]

N/A

Timepoint [1]

N/A

Eligibility

Key inclusion criteria

Physiotherapy specialists/fellows; senior physiotherapy critical care clinicians; physiotherapy academics in cardiorespiratory education.

Minimum age

18 Years

Maximum age

No limit

Sex

Both males and females

Can healthy volunteers participate?

Yes

Key exclusion criteria

Nil.

Study design

Purpose

Natural history

Duration

Cross-sectional

Selection

Defined population

Timing

Prospective

Statistical methods / analysis

This is a Delphi consensus panel. Consensus will be defined according to Delphi criteria of frequency of ratings.

Recruitment

Recruitment status

Completed

Date of first participant enrolment

Anticipated

28/06/2013

Actual

24/06/2013

Date of last participant enrolment

Anticipated

Actual

29/07/2013

Date of last data collection

Anticipated

Actual

Sample size

Target

Accrual to date

Final

Recruitment in Australia

Recruitment state(s)

ACT,NSW,NT,QLD,SA,TAS,WA,VIC

Recruitment outside Australia

Country [1]

New Zealand

State/province [1]

Funding & Sponsors

Funding source category [1]

Charities/Societies/Foundations

Name [1]

Physiotherapy Research Foundation

Address [1]

201 Fitzroy Street
St Kilda
Victoria 3182

Country [1]

Australia

Primary sponsor type

University

Name

University of Notre Dame

Address

19 Mouat Street (PO Box 1225)
Fremantle WA 6959

Country

Australia

Secondary sponsor category [1]

University

Name [1]

Auckland University of Technology

Address [1]

55 Wellesley Street East
Auckland Central 1010

Country [1]

New Zealand

Other collaborator category [1]

Individual

Name [1]

Dr Elizabeth Skinner

Address [1]

Western Centre for Health Research and Education
176 Furlong Road
Sunshine VIC 3022

Country [1]

Australia

Other collaborator category [2]

Individual

Name [2]

Dr Peter Thomas

Address [2]

Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Cnr Butterfield St and Bowen Bridge Rd
HERSTON, QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA 4029

Country [2]

Australia

Ethics approval

Ethics application status

Approved

Ethics committee name [1]

University of Notre Dame

Ethics committee address [1]

19 Mouat Street (PO Box 1225)
Fremantle WA 6959

Ethics committee country [1]

Australia

Date submitted for ethics approval [1]

Approval date [1]

12/02/2013

Ethics approval number [1]

EC00418

Ethics committee name [2]

Auckland University of Technology

Ethics committee address [2]

Ethics committee country [2]

New Zealand

Date submitted for ethics approval [2]

Approval date [2]

11/04/2013

Ethics approval number [2]

Summary

Brief summary

This project is investigating minimum standards of practice and education for physiotherapists working in Australasian intensive care units. 

The lack of consistency in professional standards and dedicated training poses a substantial threat to the practice of physiotherapy and the credibility of the profession within the critical care unit. To provide 24 hour, 7 day a week services, many physiotherapy staff are required to contribute to critical care rosters, regardless of their primary discipline or interest (e.g. orthopaedics). Traditionally physiotherapists complete a tailored, in-house intensive care orientation including theory, clinical skills training and clinical practice until deemed competent by another staff physiotherapist. This process is subjective, requires extensive familiarization and additional skills in assessment and treatment. Educational requirements for competency training are not standardized across or within Australia or NZ, and are established by individual networks, with large variability in the content, requirements and duration of the education provided. 

A panel of participants will be selected to reflect the range of stakeholders who have an interest in the outcomes of the project (Boulkedid, Abdoul, Loustau, Sibony, & Alberti, 2011). Sixty-one participants from across Australia and NZ will be invited on to the panel, including Physiotherapy Specialists/Fellows in critical care, senior physiotherapy critical care clinicians, and physiotherapy academics in cardiorespiratory education.

The Delphi survey plan will consist of two or three rounds of surveys.

Trial website

N/A

Trial related presentations / publications

None available currently

Public notes

Contacts

Principal investigator

Name

Dr Elizabeth Skinner

Address

Western Centre for Health Research and Education
176 Furlong Road
Sunshine VIC 3022

Country

Australia

Phone

+61419101708

Fax

elizabeth.skinner@wh.org.au

Contact person for public queries

Name

Elizabeth Skinner

Address

Western Centre for Health Research and Education
176 Furlong Road
Sunshine VIC 3022

Country

Australia

Phone

+61419101708

Fax

elizabeth.skinner@wh.org.au

Contact person for scientific queries

Name

Elizabeth Skinner

Address

Western Centre for Health Research and Education
176 Furlong Road
Sunshine VIC 3022

Country

Australia

Phone

+61419101708

Fax

elizabeth.skinner@wh.org.au

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