ArticleJournal of intensive care medicine2020
Perceived Barriers to Mobility in a Medical ICU: The Patient Mobilization Attitudes & Beliefs Survey for the ICU.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Nurse-involved early mobilization in the intensive care unit: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Nursing in critical care · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of virtual reality assisted active limb movement exercises for patients in the respiratory intensive care unit: a randomized pilot study.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2025Trial
- Perceived barriers to early goal-directed mobility in the intensive care unit: Results of a quality improvement evaluation.Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses · 2022Trial
- Patient Mobilisation Attitudes and Beliefs Survey-Intensive Care Unit: Turkish Validation and Reliability Study.Nursing open · 2026Article
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- Implementing an Activity and Mobility Promotion Approach to Improve Patient Mobility.The American journal of nursing · 2025Article
- Physical rehabilitation while awake, intubated and proned for COVID-19-associated severe acute respiratory distress syndrome.BMJ case reports · 2024Article
- Perceived Barriers of Clinical Roles Towards Intensive Care Unit Mobility.Rehabilitation research and practice · 2024Article
- Perceived barriers to mobility in the intensive care units of Singapore: The Patient Mobilisation Attitudes and Beliefs Survey for the intensive care units.Journal of the Intensive Care Society · 2023Article
- Clinicians' knowledge and attitude towards early mobilization in intensive care units in Ethiopian tertiary hospitals: A multi-centre study.SAGE open medicine · 2023Article
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- Beliefs, attitudes and knowledge of cardiovascular healthcare providers on mobilization.Nursing open · 2021Article
- Use of actigraphy to characterize inactivity and activity in patients in a medical ICU.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careObservational
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Abstract
purposeEarly mobilization in the intensive care unit (ICU) can improve patient outcomes but has perceived barriers to implementation. As part of an ongoing structured quality improvement project to increase mobilization of medical ICU patients by nurses and clinical technicians, we adapted the existing, validated MATERIALS AND
methodsThe 26-item PMABS adapted for the ICU (PMABS-ICU) was administered as an online survey to 163 nurses, clinical technicians, respiratory therapists, attending and fellow physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants in one medical ICU. We evaluated the overall and subscale (knowledge, attitude, and behavior) scores and compared these scores by respondent characteristics (clinical role and years of work experience).
resultsThe survey response rate was 96% (155/163). The survey demonstrated acceptable discriminant validity and acceptable internal consistency for the overall scale (Cronbach α: 0.82, 95% confidence interval: 0.76-0.85), with weaker internal consistency for all subscales (Cronbach α: 0.62-0.69). Across
conclusionsIn our medical ICU, across 6 different clinical roles, there were relatively low perceived barriers to patient mobility, with greater work experience over the first 10 years being associated with lower perceived barriers. As part of a structured quality improvement project, the PMABS-ICU may be valuable in assisting to identify specific perceived barriers for consideration in designing mobility interventions for the ICU setting.
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