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Table 3 Barriers to exercise

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

Reason/Barrier

Number

Percentage

Haemodynamic/respiratory instability

8

21.6

Sleeping

7

18.9

Procedures

6

16.2

Dialysis

3

8.1

Agitation/delirium

2

5.4

Heavily sedated; complex wound; patient paralysed; patient refusal; pain; prone position; end of life care; invasive devices.

1 each

2.7 each

Missing data

3

8.1