Effectiveness of Nurse-led Physical Therapy in Terms of Patient Competency, Patient Engagement and Physical Performance.

Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India80 enrolled

Overview

Due to Prolonged diseased Condition, Patients are not able to care for themselves and even avoid movement their range of motion is limited which may develop frailty among Liver disease Patients. This Study aims at assessing Engagement, Competency and Physical Performance of Physical Frail Chronic Liver disease Patients before and after Nurse led Physical therapy. Besides these Parameters effect of Intervention on Physical frailty will also be assessed.

Research Approach: Quantitative Study Research design: Quasi Experimental Research design ( Pre-test - Post test Control group design) Setting: Study is planned on OPD patients of ILBS, New Delhi. Sampling Technique: Random Allocation in Experiment and Control group after matching for age and gender Sample size: 80 Patients Variables: Independent variable- Nurse-led Physical therapy Dependent Variable- Patient Competency, Patient Engagement, Physical Performance.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis

Interventions

Nurse Led Physical TherapyBEHAVIORAL

Nurse Led Physical Therapy in Form of Range of Motion Exercises

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 88 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: * Prefrail and Frail CLD Patients (MELD \<24) * Follow up of Prefrail and Frail CLD Patients (MELD\<24) * Participants willing for Research Exclusion Criteria: * Frail Patients who are bedridden * presence of hepatopulmonary disease * Presence of neurological defects * Previous history of Liver Transplantation * Severe COPD, Heart Failure

Locations (1)

Sonam Kumari

New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, India

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Patient Competency by patient Competency Scale at 1 week

Compare Patient Competency using patient Competency Scale. The total score of this scale ranges from 0-84 with minimum score 28 and maximum score 84. Higher scores mean a highly competent score.

Time frame: 1 week

Secondary Outcomes

Patient Engagement by Patient Engagement Scale at 1 week

Patient Engagement using Patient Engagement Scale. The total score of this scale ranges from 10-40 with minimum score 10 and maximum score 40. Higher scores mean a highly engaged.

Time frame: 1 week

Physical Performance by six minute walk test at 1 week

Physical Performance using six minute walk test in Physically Frail Chronic Liver disease patients before and after Physical Therapy. The distance covered measures physical performance, where distance more than 300 meter means normal physical performance and less than or equal to 300 meter means low physical performance.

Time frame: 1 week

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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