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. 2025 Dec 5;27:24. doi: 10.1186/s13063-025-09335-2

Table 1.

Occupational therapy programme

Dimension Project Program content Control group Experimental group
Improves personal functioning Early rehabilitation exercises

1. Active and passive joint activities

2. Grip strength training

3. Sitting training

4. Bed-chair transfer and bedside standing

5. Walking training

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Cognitive training

1. Orientation training

2. Family participatory memory training

3. Attention training

4. Thinking training

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Psychological interventions

1. Language encouragement

2. Non-verbal communication

3. Touch care

4. Health education

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Optimize the ICU environment Use of assistive devices

1. Glasses

2. Hearing aid

3. Sleep aids (earplugs, eye masks)

4. Rehabilitation devices (grip devices, walkers, etc.)

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Optimize the physical environment

1. Light management

2. Noise management

3. Place clocks and signs

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Optimize the human environment

1. Establish a multidisciplinary team

2. Encourage family visits

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Enhance operational capabilities Activities of daily living training

1. Grooming training

2. Potty training

3. Put on and take off tops training

4. Put on and take off pants training

5. Eating training

6. Calls training

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Recreational activities

1. Active recreational activities: playing chess, card games, reading

2. Passive recreational activities: listening to music, watching movies

 ×  √

ICU Intensive Care Unit