Long-Term Change and Predictors of Change in Physical and Mental Function after Rehabilitation: A Multi-Centre Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate changes and predictors of change in physical and mental function over a 3-year period after rehabilitation.

Design

Prospective cohort.

Participants

Patients, across diseases, living in western Norway, accepted for somatic specialized interprofessional rehabilitation (n = 984).

Methods

Physical and mental function were assessed at admittance (baseline), and after 1 and 3 years using the Medical Outcome Study Short Form 36 (SF-36). Associations between changes in SF-36 component summary scores and sense of coherence, pain, disease group (musculoskeletal, neoplasm, cardiovascular, neurological, other), exercise habits and demographic variables were analysed using linear mixed modelling.

Results

In the total group, mean (standard dev

SUBMITTER: Berget AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9837623 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature