Early Physical and Occupational Therapy and Discharge Disposition in Patients with Sepsis...American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) Annual Conference (Virtual), September 2429, 2021

To explore whether implementing an early mobility protocol conducted by professionals from PT and or occupational therapy (OT) is associated with discharge location for a group of patients with sepsis, septic shock, or severe sepsis. A quasi-experimental study design was used with a non-equivalent post-test design. The data were collected for 3 months. Mid-sized Midwestern hospital. The population of the usual care group were 117 adult patients admitted to any unit with a diagnosis of sepsis, septic shock, or severe sepsis from February 1, 2019, through April 30, 2019. The early rehabilitation group were 96 patients admitted May 6, 2019 through July 31, 2019. The usual care group received PT and OT when an order was received from the hospital medicine provider. The experimental group were treated with PT and OT per an early rehabilitation protocol. The dependent variables were number of PT and OT visits and discharge disposition. There was no statistically significant (p
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