WCPT Congress 2015 / Physiotherapy 2015; Volume 101, Supplement 1 eS833–eS1237 eS1187 rehabilitation and reported that it made them better. These results converge with quantitative data where M-S rehabili- tation participants took more than twice as many steps and spent 50% more time upright on Saturdays and were also more active on Sundays when compared to M-F rehabilitation participants. Additionally, the observational study showed that higher levels of physical activity were associated with shorter length of stay and higher functional status on dis- charge. Results were divergent for participants who didn’t receive Saturday therapy with these participants being wor- ried that they wouldn’t get enough rest while quantitative results showed that all participants spent a mean of 22.9 (SD 1) hours sitting or lying down each day. Conclusion(s): Additional Saturday therapy changed patients’ perceptions towards rehabilitation and increased physical activity levels. The convergent parallel mixed method design generates a more complete understanding of patients attitudes and physical activity levels and will help explain why additional rehabilitation may lead to improve- ments in patient outcomes. Implications: Additional Saturday rehabilitation is well accepted and tolerated by patients and leads to improvements in physical activity levels. These studies provide evidence in support of health services providing weekend rehabilitation services where resources allow. Keywords: Motor activity; Physiotherapy; Rehabilitation Funding acknowledgements: Partnership grant between Eastern Health and La Trobe University from National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australia (ID 541958). Ethics approval: Ethics approval was received from the La Trobe University Human Ethics Committee and Eastern Health Human Research Ethics Committee. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2015.03.2110 Research Report Platform State of the Art Presentation Number: RR-PLSoA-3355 Saturday 2 May 2015 10:45 Hall 404 LITTLE FUNCTIONAL GAIN IS MADE FOLLOWING DISCHARGE FROM INPATIENT REHABILITATION BUT ADDITIONAL SATURDAY REHABILITATION OPTIMISES OUTCOMES: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL C. Peiris 1 , N. Shields 1,2 , N. Brusco 1,3 , J. Watts 4 , N. Taylor 1,5 1 La Trobe University, Physiotherapy, Melbourne, Australia; 2 Northern Health, Allied Health, Epping, Australia; 3 Cabrini Health, Melbourne, Australia; 4 Deakin University, Burwood, Australia; 5 Eastern Health, Allied Health Research Office, Box Hill, Australia Background: Many inpatients receive little or no rehabil- itation on the weekends. Purpose: The first main aim was to determine whether additional Saturday rehabilitation (physiotherapy and occu- pational therapy) during inpatient rehabilitation affects functional independence and health-related quality of life. The second main aim was to explore whether most changes in patient outcomes occur during the relatively brief episode of care during inpatient rehabilitation or in the 12 months after discharge. Methods: A multi-centre, single blind randomised con- trolled trial (n = 996) with concealed allocation, assessor blinding and 12-month follow-up. Adults admitted to reha- bilitation for a variety of health conditions were randomised to receive either usual care Monday to Friday (M-F) rehabil- itation (control) or Monday to Saturday (M-S) rehabilitation (intervention). Clinical outcomes were functional indepen- dence (FIM) and health-related quality of life (EQ-5D) measured on discharge and at 6- and 12-months post dis- charge. Results: Intervention group participants had a mean length of stay of 21 days (SD 16) and control group par- ticipants 23 days (SD 20) (mean difference 2.0 days, 95%CI 0 to 4 days). Overall, 88% of participants living indepen- dently in the community prior to admission returned to their previous living accommodation, with no difference in dis- charge destination between groups. Compared to overall total improvement from admission to 12 months, participants made 82% of their improvement in FIM and 98% of their improvement in EQ-5D in the first 22 days during their inpa- tient admission with clinically non-significant gains made in the following 365 days after discharge. Intervention group participants had a mean FIM increase of 22.1 (SD 15.6) and control group participants had a mean FIM increase of 19.6 (SD 15.5) from admission to discharge. Participants who