Why the study?
Does physical activity in the first five days after cardiac surgery improve functional capacity and reduce hospital length of stay in adult patients?
Population
83 adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
up to hospital discharge (mean 9 days)
Key result
Higher levels of physiotherapist-supervised physical activity in the first five days after cardiac surgery were significantly correlated with a reduced length of hospital stay (R = -0.70).
Authors
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May encourage early supervised activity post-cardiac surgery; hypothesis-generating, requires RCTs before practice change.
Observational (n=83)
No
Does physical activity in the first five days after cardiac surgery improve functional capacity and reduce hospital length of stay in adult patients?
Effect estimate: R = -0.70
p-value: p=<0.001
Higher levels of physiotherapist-supervised and independent physical activity in the first five days after cardiac surgery correlate with improved functional capacity and shorter hospital stays.
Mungovan et al. (2016) conducted an observational in Cardiac surgery (n=83). Physiotherapist-supervised and independent physical activity was evaluated on Correlation between overall physiotherapist-supervised step counts and length of stay in hospital (R = -0.70, p=<0.001). Higher levels of physiotherapist-supervised physical activity in the first five days after cardiac surgery were significantly correlated with a reduced length of hospital stay (R = -0.70).