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A feasibility study of a randomised controlled trial to examine the impact of the ABCDE bundle on quality of life in ICU survivors.

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Early rehabilitation has been found to prevent delirium and weakness that can hamper the recovery of intensive care unit (ICU) survivors. Integrated clinical practice guidelines for managing patient pain, agitation and delirium (PAD) have been developed. The Awakening and Breathing Coordination, Delirium monitoring/management, and Early exercise/mobility (ABCDE) bundle provides a strategy to implement PAD guidelines into everyday clinical practice. However, there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of the ABCDE bundle in the literature.The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of conducting a full-scale randomised controlled trial comparing the ABCDE bundle to standard care in an ICU. Trial feasibility was defined as the successful recruitment and retention of trial participants, adherence to the intervention, identification of barriers to the intervention, and the rigorous collection of outcome data.

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0
Journal
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Pilot and feasibility studies
Volume
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4
Number of Pages
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32
Date Published
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2018
DOI
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10.1186/s40814-017-0224-x
Short Title
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Pilot Feasibility Stud
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