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dc.contributor.authorCavalheri de Oliveira, Vinicius
dc.contributor.authorJenkins, Susan
dc.contributor.authorHill, Kylie
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-15T22:06:25Z
dc.date.available2017-03-15T22:06:25Z
dc.date.created2017-02-24T00:09:09Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationCavalheri de Oliveira, V. and Jenkins, S. and Hill, K. 2013. Physiotherapy practice patterns for patients undergoing surgery for lung cancer: a survey of hospitals in Australia and New Zealand. Internal Medicine Journal. 43 (4): pp. 394-401.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49638
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02928.x
dc.description.abstract

Background: There has been a recent increase in the research available to guide physiotherapy management of patients who require surgical resection for lung cancer. It is unclear whether this evidence has influenced clinical practice. Aim: To describe physiotherapy practice patterns in the preoperative and postoperative management of patients who undergo surgical resection for lung cancer. Methods: Physiotherapists involved in the management of patients who require surgical resection for lung cancer at hospitals across Australia and New Zealand were mailed a purpose-designed questionnaire. Results: The response rate was 91% (43/47). Prior to surgery, 40% (n = 17) of the respondents indicated that patients were not assessed by a physiotherapist. In most hospitals (n = 39; 91%), patients did not participate in supervised exercise training before surgery. Most commonly, physiotherapy was commenced on the day following surgery (n = 39; 91%), with walking-based exercise being the treatment that was most frequently implemented in all patients (n = 40; 93%). Seventy-two per cent of respondents referred less than 25% of patients to pulmonary rehabilitation on discharge from hospital. Physiotherapy assessment and treatment choices were influenced predominantly by established practice in the hospital and personal experience rather than research findings. Conclusion: In people who undergo surgical resection for lung cancer, physiotherapy services focused on reducing or preventing postoperative pulmonary complications. Despite recent data suggesting that exercise training is beneficial in this population, our data indicate that referral to pulmonary rehabilitation was uncommon.

dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing
dc.titlePhysiotherapy practice patterns for patients undergoing surgery for lung cancer: a survey of hospitals in Australia and New Zealand
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume43
dcterms.source.number4
dcterms.source.startPage394
dcterms.source.endPage401
dcterms.source.issn14440903
dcterms.source.titleInternal Medicine Journal
curtin.departmentSchool of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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