Patient barrier | No. (%) of respondents | ||
---|---|---|---|
All clinicians (n = 311) | Physicians (n = 194) | Physiotherapists (n = 117) | |
Medical instability | 257 (82.6) | 150 (77.3) | 107 (91.4) |
Excessive sedation | 187 (60.1) | 112 (57.7) | 75 (64.1) |
Risk of dislodgement of devices or lines | 130 (41.8) | 106 (54.6) | 24 (20.5) |
Obesity | 105 (33.8) | 75 (38.6) | 30 (25.6) |
Cognitive impairment | 98 (31.5) | 72 (37.1) | 26 (22.2) |
Endotracheal intubation | 88 (28.3) | 71 (36.6) | 17 (14.5) |
Physical restraints | 64 (20.6) | 50 (25.8) | 14 (12.0) |
Inadequate analgesia | 43 (13.8) | 23 (11.8) | 20 (17.1) |
Frailty | 41 (13.2) | 39 (20.1) | 2 (1.7) |
Inadequate nutritional status | 8 (2.6) | 4 (2.1) | 4 (3.4) |
Other* | 25 (8.0) | 12 (6.2) | 13 (11.1) |
None | 6 (1.9) | 3 (1.5) | 3 (2.6) |
*Included anxiety, patient not motivated, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and dialysis.