Necessity to Develop a Tool to Evaluate Activity of Daily Living for Electric Powered Indoor/Outdoor Chair Users.
10.5535/arm.2015.39.2.277
- Author:
Jiwon LEE
1
;
Jae Kuk LIM
;
Min Jun LEE
;
Yoon Sik JO
;
Jae Sung PARK
;
Jong Moon KIM
;
Shin Kyoung KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Chungju, Korea. kimnerve@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Activities of daily living;
Disability evaluation;
Self-help devices;
Wheelchairs
- MeSH:
Activities of Daily Living;
Disability Evaluation;
Self-Help Devices;
Social Participation;
Walking;
Wheelchairs;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
2015;39(2):277-284
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate changes in activity of daily living before and after provision of electric-powered indoor/outdoor chair (EPIOC), discuss problems of current activities of daily living (ADL) evaluating tools for EPIOC users, and provide preliminary data to develop ADL evaluation tool for EPIOC user. METHODS: A total of 70 users who were prescribed EPIOC and had been using for more than 1 year were recruited in this study. Before and after provision of EPIOC, MBI and FIM scores were measured and a questionnaire consisting of six categories (general socioeconomic states, currently using state, whether EPIOC was helpful for social participation and occupational chances, psychiatric influences, self-reported degrees of independency, and barriers of using EPIOC) was used. RESULTS: No difference in MBI scores before and after provision of EPIOC was observed. However, the wheelchair ambulation category showed a significant difference. While motor FIM was not significantly different from MBI, FIM score were significantly (p<0.05) higher than MBI. For questions regarding social participation frequency, helpfulness of EPIOC on confidence, refreshing patients' emotions and self-reported degrees of independence, all of them showed positive responses. Especially, EPIOC users' self-reported degree of independency showed favorable results. There was discrepancy in MBI or FIM measured by physicians. CONCLUSION: Our study showed that there was a gap between the existing ADL evaluation tool and the ADL level that EPIOC users were actually feeling. Thus, it is necessary to develop an evaluation tool specifically for EPIOC.
