Mobilisation and Breathing Exercises After Abdominal Surgery at Sahlgrenska University Hospital (SUMO)

March 11, 2025 updated by: Göteborg University
The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of a new care strategy, including earlier and more intensive mobilization and individually adapted breathing exercises, regarding length of stay, recovery, complications and which factors predict interventions early in the postoperative course after various abdominal surgical procedures.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Estimated)

100

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients at Sahlgrenska university hospital.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • undergoing elective or emergency open, or robot-assisted abdominal surgery
  • has an expected anesthesia time of over 4 hours
  • is extubated on the operating table
  • planned overnight stay in the postoperative ward.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • plastic, trauma, transplant or orthopedic surgery.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Standard practice
Routine of postoperative mobilisation and breathing exercises will recorded
Optimised practice
Postoperative mobilisation and breathing exercises will be recorded after a co-creation process where optimal practice is defined and implemented

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Time in postoperative care
Time Frame: At discharge from postoperative care up to two days after surgery.
Actual time from arrival to, to discharche from postoperative care.
At discharge from postoperative care up to two days after surgery.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Time to first mobilisation
Time Frame: Up to the second postoperative day
Time from arrival to postoperative care to first mobilisation
Up to the second postoperative day
Time to start of breathing exercises
Time Frame: Up to the second postoperative day
Time from arrival to postoperative care until start of specific breathing exercises.
Up to the second postoperative day

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of mobilisations
Time Frame: Up to the second postoperative day
Number of mobilisations
Up to the second postoperative day
Number of sessions of breathing exercises
Time Frame: Up to the second postoperative day
Number of sessions of breathing exercises
Up to the second postoperative day
Time at hospital
Time Frame: At discharge from the hospital up to four weeks after surgery
Time from the day of surgery to discharge from hospital.
At discharge from the hospital up to four weeks after surgery
Type of mobilisation
Time Frame: Up to the second postoperative day
Registration of type of mobilisation
Up to the second postoperative day
Type of breathing exercises
Time Frame: Up to the second postoperative day
Type of breathing exercises prescribed
Up to the second postoperative day
Analgesia
Time Frame: Up to the second postoperative day
Type of analgesia
Up to the second postoperative day
Complications
Time Frame: At discharge from the hospital up to four weeks after surgery.
Postoperative pulmonary complications.
At discharge from the hospital up to four weeks after surgery.
Dose of analgesia
Time Frame: Up to the second postoperative day
Dose of analgesia given
Up to the second postoperative day

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Göteborg University

Collaborators

Vastra Gotaland Region

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 3, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

June 30, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 31, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 22, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 4, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 11, 2025

Last Verified

March 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • FoU i VGR no: 284167

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

It is not included in the ethical approvement

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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