ArticleBMC medicine2013
Increasing the dose of acute rehabilitation: is there a benefit?
Article in BMC medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Are weekend inpatient rehabilitation services value for money? An economic evaluation alongside a randomized controlled trial with a 30 day follow up.BMC medicine · 2014Trial
- Impact of Seven-Day Versus Five-Day Inpatient Physiotherapy: A Review of Clinical and Economic Outcomes.Cureus · 2026Review
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- A general theory of rehabilitation: Rehabilitation catalyses and assists adaptation to illness.Clinical rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Impact of rehabilitation dose on body mass index change in older acute patients with stroke: a retrospective observational study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- The Use of the Term Virtual Reality in Post-Stroke Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review and Commentary.Psychologica Belgica · 2021Review
- Functional Gait Assessment scale in the rehabilitation of patients after vestibular tumor surgery in an acute hospital.World journal of clinical oncology · 2020Article
- Day of surgery: the impact on patient length of stay in a tertiary vascular unit.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2020Article
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Abstract
Rehabilitation interventions, including physiotherapy and occupational therapy, can improve patient outcomes; however, the optimal duration and frequency of inpatient rehabilitation interventions is uncertain. In a recent randomized controlled trial published in BMC Medicine, 996 patients in two publicly-funded Australian metropolitan rehabilitation facilities were assigned to physiotherapy and occupational therapy delivered Monday through Friday (five days/week control group) versus Monday through Saturday (six days/week intervention group). This increased dose of rehabilitation in the intervention group resulted in greater functional independence and quality of life at discharge, with a trend towards significant improvement at six-month follow-up. Moreover, the length of stay for the intervention group was shorter by two days (95% CI 0 to 4, P = 0.10). Hence, in the acute inpatient rehabilitation setting, a larger dose of physiotherapy and occupational therapy, via six versus five days/week treatment, improves patient outcomes and potentially reduces overall length of stay and costs. Please see related research: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/198.
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