The way in which a physiotherapy service is structured can improve patient outcome from a surgical intensive care: a controlled clinical trial

Table 4 Length of stay

	Usual care	Protocol care	Mean difference meters (95% CI)	P
Hospital length of stay Days (mean ± SD)	17.13 ± 14.38	14.47 ± 11.00	2.65 (-1.86 to 7.17)	0.20
ICU length of stay Days (mean ± SD)	71.80 ± 48.51	71.61 ± 61.82	0.19 (-1.20 to 1.22)	0.98
Time after unit discharge Days (mean ± SD)	10.50 ± 11.68	7.41 ± 7.45	3.97 (-0.35 to 6.5)	0.05^a

^aTendency toward significance. CI, confidence Interval; SD, standard deviation.

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