TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a mobility scale for use in a multicentre Australia and New Zealand: Trial of early activity and mobilisation in ICU
AU - Hodgson, Carol Lynette
AU - Berney, Sue
AU - Haines, Kimberley
AU - Harrold, Megan
AU - Young, P
AU - Buhr, Heidi
AU - Needham, Dale
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Aims: The aims of this study were to develop a mobility scale for measuring daily the highest level of functional activity in the ICU, and to
assess its feasibility and inter-rater reliability in the ICU setting.
Methods:
This study was performed at two quaternary intensive care units in Melbourne, Australia in September 2012. The study was approved by
the ethics committees of Austin Health and Alfred Health. Patient consent was waived.
Feasibility
A multi-disciplinary group of critical care clinicians including physicians, physiotherapists and nurses with expertise in scale development
and ICU rehabilitation was recruited for developing the scale. A convenient sample of twenty multi-disciplinary ICU clinicians in Australia
with varying levels of experience were administered a survey to assess the feasibility of the TEAM mobility scale.
Inter-rater reliability
Three categories of pairwise data were analysed including 1. nurse- junior physiotherapist 2. nurse ? senior physiotherapist 3. junior
physiotherapist to senior physiotherapist. For each category no more than one pairwise rating was analysed in every patient. Pair wise
weighted kappa was calculated for the TEAM mobility scale.
For 40 consecutive ICU patients at the two centres, one nurse, one senior physiotherapists and one junior physiotherapist scored highest
level of activity using the TEAM scale.
Results:
Feasibility
The TEAM mobility scale was able to be used quickly and efficiently by participants within ICU to assess the patients? physical function.
Ninety-five percent of respondents reported that the scale took less than one minute to complete. All participants reported the scale to be
clear and unambiguous.
Inter-rater reliability
The senior physiotherapist and junior physiotherapist showed the highest level of agreement with a weighted Kappa of 0.98 (0.95-1.0).
The agreement between the nurse and junior physiotherapist had a weighted Kappa of 0.93 (0.85-1.0). The nurse and senior
physiotherapist had a weighted Kappa of 0.92 (0.85-0.99).
Conclusion:
In conclusion, the TEAM mobility scale is a reliable scale that records the highest level of functional activity of patients in the ICU. It is
simple and quick to use by ICU nurses and physiotherapists; however, it is not designed to replace other tests of physical function.
AB - Aims: The aims of this study were to develop a mobility scale for measuring daily the highest level of functional activity in the ICU, and to
assess its feasibility and inter-rater reliability in the ICU setting.
Methods:
This study was performed at two quaternary intensive care units in Melbourne, Australia in September 2012. The study was approved by
the ethics committees of Austin Health and Alfred Health. Patient consent was waived.
Feasibility
A multi-disciplinary group of critical care clinicians including physicians, physiotherapists and nurses with expertise in scale development
and ICU rehabilitation was recruited for developing the scale. A convenient sample of twenty multi-disciplinary ICU clinicians in Australia
with varying levels of experience were administered a survey to assess the feasibility of the TEAM mobility scale.
Inter-rater reliability
Three categories of pairwise data were analysed including 1. nurse- junior physiotherapist 2. nurse ? senior physiotherapist 3. junior
physiotherapist to senior physiotherapist. For each category no more than one pairwise rating was analysed in every patient. Pair wise
weighted kappa was calculated for the TEAM mobility scale.
For 40 consecutive ICU patients at the two centres, one nurse, one senior physiotherapists and one junior physiotherapist scored highest
level of activity using the TEAM scale.
Results:
Feasibility
The TEAM mobility scale was able to be used quickly and efficiently by participants within ICU to assess the patients? physical function.
Ninety-five percent of respondents reported that the scale took less than one minute to complete. All participants reported the scale to be
clear and unambiguous.
Inter-rater reliability
The senior physiotherapist and junior physiotherapist showed the highest level of agreement with a weighted Kappa of 0.98 (0.95-1.0).
The agreement between the nurse and junior physiotherapist had a weighted Kappa of 0.93 (0.85-1.0). The nurse and senior
physiotherapist had a weighted Kappa of 0.92 (0.85-0.99).
Conclusion:
In conclusion, the TEAM mobility scale is a reliable scale that records the highest level of functional activity of patients in the ICU. It is
simple and quick to use by ICU nurses and physiotherapists; however, it is not designed to replace other tests of physical function.
UR - http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2013.187.1_MeetingAbstracts.A3123
M3 - Letter
SN - 1073-449X
VL - 187
SP - 3123
EP - 3123
JO - American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
JF - American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
ER -