Assessment for resumed driving in stroke patients via Functional Independence Measure1.

Autor: Inoue, Takuya, Hitosugi, Masahito, Ooba, Hideki, Hirano, Masahito, Takehara, Itaru, Watanabe, Shu
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Zdroj: Work; 2018, Vol. 60 Issue 3, p393-399, 7p, 1 Diagram, 3 Charts, 3 Graphs
Abstrakt: BACKGROUND: Some stroke survivors hope to resume driving after hospital discharge. For those who had driven frequently before their stroke, a normal daily life depends on being able to drive. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to determine whether Functional Independence Measure (FIM) scores predict patient driving ability, which would make them a suitable index for determining if a stroke patient can resume driving. METHODS: This was a retrospective study of 71 patients who suffered from stroke. We divided them into three groups based on their driving status after discharge: (1) resumed driving (Driver), (2) wish to resume driving (Wisher), and (3) no wish to resume driving (Non-wisher). We compared total FIM scores and subcategories of FIM scores across groups. RESULTS: Scores on the Motor-FIM and Cognitive-FIM were highest in the Driver group, followed by the Wisher and Non-wisher groups. Moreover, scores on the ‘problem solving’ and ‘memory’ subcategories of the Cognitive-FIM were significantly higher in the Driver group than in the Wisher group. CONCLUSIONS: The FIM could be a useful assessment tool for determining whether or not stroke patients can resume driving. Moreover, among the Cognitive-FIM sub-categories, problem solving and memory ability might be the scores most relevant for this decision. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index
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