Investigating the effects of home-based rehabilitation after intensive inpatient rehabilitation on motor function, activities of daily living, and caregiver burden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Home-based rehabilitation involves professional rehabilitation care and guidance offered by physical, occupational, and speech therapists to patients in their homes to help them recuperate in a familiar living environment. The effects on the patient's motor function and activities of daily living (ADLs), and caregiver burden for community-dwelling patients are well-documented; however, little is known about the immediate benefits in patients discharged from the hospital. Therefore, we examined the effects of continuous home-based rehabilitation immediately after discharge to patients who received intensive rehabilitation during hospitalization.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed 150 patients [mean (standard deviation, SD) = 81 (9) years] discharged from the conva

SUBMITTER: Sato K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11676825 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature