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Table 2 Data collection details

From: The Sternal Management Accelerated Recovery Trial (S.M.A.R.T) – standard restrictive versus an intervention of modified sternal precautions following cardiac surgery via median sternotomy: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Demographic data

 • Name and contact details

 • Date of birth

 • Sex

 • Marital status

 • Height and weight

 • Occupation status

 • Education status

 • Smoking history

 • Past medical history and comorbidity index (Charlson comorbidity index)

 • Functional history (including pre-morbid functional level, use of gait aids, dominant upper limb)

 • Date of admission to and discharge from acute setting

 

Pre-, intra- and post-operative variables

 • Date of cardiac surgery

 • Clinical information (left ventricular function, Canadian Cardiovascular Society functional classification, co-morbidities, graft type)

 • Type of cardiac surgery (including whether it was an emergency or elective procedure)

 • Other intra-operative details (including method of sternal closure, cardiopulmonary bypass time, operation time, adverse events)

 • Date of admission to and discharge from intensive care unit post-operatively

 • Risk factors for pre-, intra- and post-operative (i.e., duration of mechanical ventilation)

 • Type and use of pain medication (pre- and post-operatively)

 • Type and use of other medications (pre- and post-operatively)

 • Date of admission to and discharge from acute physiotherapy services

 • Details of physiotherapy treatment (including exercises and education provided)

 • Other adverse events during hospital admission (pre- and post-operatively leading to increase in length of stay); this includes superficial sternal infection, deep sternal infection, re-wiring, re-operation, pneumonia as defined in the Australian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ASCTS) data

 • Date of readmission