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Change in mobility activity in the second year after stroke in a rehabilitation population: who is at risk for decline?
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16401437     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the development of mobility status during the second year after stroke in patients who had had inpatient rehabilitation, and to evaluate risk factors for mobility decline. DESIGN: Evaluation of change in Rivermead Mobility Index (RMI) score over the second year after stroke in an inception cohort of first-ever stroke patients eligible for inpatient rehabilitation. Logistic regression techniques were used to predict decline. Independent variables were measured with standardized instruments 1 year after stroke. SETTING: Home or institution, after discharge from rehabilitation center. PARTICIPANTS: Patients (N=148) with single first-ever stroke (supratentorial), age more than 18 years. INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Decline of 2 or more points on the RMI and the percentages and odds ratios (ORs) for decline. RESULTS: The mean RMI score did not significantly change over time. Mobility declined in 12% of the patients. Mobility decline was found more often in patients with depression (25%) than without (7%), with right-sided weakness (17% vs 8%), with ischemic stroke (13% vs 8%), with aphasia (22% vs 11%), with cognitive dysfunction (17% vs 11%), with comorbidity interfering with locomotion (25% vs 12%), with poor social functioning (15% vs 10%), and with mobility disability (16% vs 8%). Statistical significance was found only for depression (OR=4.2; 95% confidence interval, 1.3-13.2). CONCLUSIONS: Most patients maintained the level of mobility they achieved during inpatient rehabilitation over the second year after stroke. Only 12% had a decline in mobility, and depression was the only statistically significant predictor for decline.
Authors:
Iris van Wijk; Ale Algra; Ingrid G van de Port; Bas Bevaart; Eline Lindeman
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation     Volume:  87     ISSN:  0003-9993     ISO Abbreviation:  Arch Phys Med Rehabil     Publication Date:  2006 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-01-10     Completed Date:  2006-02-22     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2985158R     Medline TA:  Arch Phys Med Rehabil     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  45-50     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Rehabilitation Center de Hoogstraat, Rudolph Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Rehabilitation, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands. i.v.wijk@dehoogstraat.nl
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Activities of Daily Living*
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cohort Studies
Disability Evaluation
Disease Progression
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Middle Aged
Motor Activity / physiology*
Patient Discharge
Physical Therapy Modalities
Probability
Recovery of Function / physiology*
Rehabilitation Centers
Risk Factors
Statistics, Nonparametric
Stroke / diagnosis*,  rehabilitation*
Time Factors

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