The study on functional condition evaluation in discharging of stroke patients using FIM.
- Author:
Sun Tak HONG
;
Hyeong Suk PAK
;
Eun Suk JUNG
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Asian Continental Ancestry Group;
Baths;
Busan;
Eating;
Humans;
Neurosurgery;
Rehabilitation;
Stroke*
- From:Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing
1998;1(1):73-82
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
This study, whose subjects are forty stroke patients in discharging who have been using FIM Western medical (Neurology, Neurosurgery, Rehabilitation Medicine) and Chinese herb medical base of D Hospital in Pusan from the first of May to the eleventh of July, has been made to evaluate the patients' functional conditions and analyze the factors affecting them. The result of study is as followings: FIM total score in discharging is avarage 85.83+/-28.96; the motor FIM score is 57.55+/-24.40 and the cognitive FIM score 29.95+/-6.99. The items recorded the highest score reveal the eating bowel management; the former is 5.68:t 1.73, the latter 5.33+/-2.23. The item recorded the lowest score reveal bathing and stairs, each 2.35+/-1.69 and 3.23+/-2.13. Analysis reveal it is in the case of age(p=.005) and durations of admission(p=.01) that there is significant difference of FIM score when stroke patients in discharging.
