Author, year | Population | Intervention | Comparator | Outcomes | Studies eligible for current overview n (%) | Number of patients (n = 10,444) a |
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Bachmann, 2010 [15] | Medical admission | Inpatient rehabilitation specifically designed for geriatric patients, including multidisciplinary and accelerated rehabilitation programmes | Usual care | Function Length of stay Mortality | 1 (5.88) | 71 |
De Morton, 2007 [17] | Medical admission | Exercise or multidisciplinary program with exercise | Usual care or no treatment | Function Length of stay Mortality | 1 (11.1) | 237 |
Handoll, 2011 [40] | Hip fracture | Post-operative mobilisation strategies such as weight bearing, exercises, physical training and muscle stimulation, and mobilisation and nutrition | Any comparator | Function Length of stay Quality of life Mortality | 5 (26.3) | 568 |
Heldmann, 2019 [41] | Hip fracture Medical admission Abdominal surgery | Exercise or multidisciplinary program with exercise | Any comparator | Function Length of stay Discharge destination Mortality | 15 (62.5) | 4941 |
Machado, 2020 [42] | COPD | Pulmonary rehabilitation, exercise training, breathing techniques, airway clearance techniques and/or education and psychosocial support | Usual care of any component of pulmonary rehabilitation | Function Length of stay Quality of life | 12 (28.6) | 716 |
Martinez-Velilla, 2016 [43] | Medical admission | Exercise and early rehabilitation (physical therapy, occupational therapy, and physical activity as soon as physiological stable) | Any comparator | Function Mortality | 3 (17.7) | 325 |
Peck, 2020 [44] | Orthopaedic trauma | Mobilisation, defined as any form of activity or exercise, within the first 24 hours of admission | Any comparator | Function | 1 (12.5) | 89 |
Peiris, 2018 [45] | Medical admission | Additional physical therapy (extra and/or longer sessions) supervised by physical therapists or physical therapy assistants | Usual care | Function Length of stay | 1 (4.16) | 996 |
Scrivener, 2015 [46] | Hospital admission | After-hours or weekend rehabilitation in any form (e.g., arm exercise, mobility training) and could be unsupervised (i.e., self-monitored programs) or supervised (e.g., therapists, families, assistants, nursing staff) | Any comparator | Function Length of stay | 1 (14.3) | 47 |
Smith, 2020a [47] | Hip fracture with/ without dementia | New models of care e.g., protocols for interdisciplinary working and/or discharge planning, enhanced complications monitoring, intensive rehabilitation, extension of rehabilitation into community after discharge, enhanced rehabilitation for persons with dementia | Usual care | Length of stay Discharge destination | 1 (14.3) | 12 |
Smith, 2020b [48] | Medical admission | Mobilisation programmes to increase ward-based physical activity, with education for carers and patients, change in healthcare practice (e.g. enhanced rehabilitation, staff allocation and time, earlier assessments of barriers) and/or environmental changes | Any comparator | Function Length of stay Mortality Quality of life | 4 (57.1) | 2308 |
Yasmeen, 2020 [49] | Hospital admission | Caregiver-mediated interventions to improve mobility or ADL, by providing education, training, preparation for discharge, and/ or collaborating with providers | Any comparator | Function Mortality Quality of life | 1 (2.50) | 134 |