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

Table 6 Summary of reasons patients were not included in Barthel Index

Patient	Usual care n= 96	Protocol care n= 95	P value
Excluded	40	40	0.95
No consent	7	6	0.78
Died in unit	5	4	0.75
In unit <24 hours	7	10	0.61
Premorbid state	0	1	0.50
Patients discharged during washout period	21	19	0.76
Lost to follow-up	12	9	0.49
Patient died in hospital before test	2	0	0.25
Discharged before test	6	9	0.82
Patient readmitted to unit	1	0	0.5
Missing data	3	0	0.12

Patients were excluded from functional testing when admitted to the unit <24 hours; discharged from ICU >48 hours; not orientated to time and place; presented with head injuries/spinal cord injuries/unstable pelvis and vertebral fractures; preadmission history of dementia/confusion, Alzheimer disease; refused to provide informed consent; dependent before unit admission; orthopedic or vascular contraindications to mobilization.

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