Interaction effect of rehabilitation initiation timing and hospitalization frequency on long-term functional outcomes after stroke in rural China: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the effects of rehabilitation-initiation timing (RIT) and rehabilitation-hospitalization frequency (RHF) on activities of daily living (ADL) evaluated at 6 months post-stroke.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Convalescent rehabilitation wards in urban and suburban areas of Xiangyang, China.

Participants

A total of 275 patients with ADL impairment following acute or subacute stroke who received inpatient comprehensive rehabilitation between 2021 and 2024.

Interventions

Participants underwent inpatient multidisciplinary rehabilitation-including physical therapy, occupational therapy, and individualized functional exercises-during each hospitalization, with each inpatient rehabilitation episode lasting for 3 weeks. The mai

SUBMITTER: Liu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12807886 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature