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Is a day hospital rehabilitation programme associated with reduction of handicap in stroke patients?

‘Beit Rivka’ Geriatric Rehabilitation Center Day Hospital, Petach Tikva and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Petach Tikva, Israel

Yichayaou Beloosesky

Department of Geriatrics, Rabin Medical Center and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Petach Tikva, Israel

Shai Brill

‘Beit Rivka’ Geriatric Rehabiliation Center Day Hospital, Petach Tikva and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Petach Tikva, Israel

Daniel Gottlieb

‘Beit Rivka’ Geriatric Rehabilitation Center Day Hospital, Petach Tikva, Israel

Objective: (1) To assess whether a rehabilitation day hospital programme is associated with a reduced handicap level of stroke patients. (2) To estimate the relationship between the London Handicap Scale (LHS) and other outcome measures. (3) To examine the effect of demographic parameters (age, gender, family status, education) on LHS scores.

Design: A prospective longitudinal survey.

Setting: An urban geriatric rehabilitation day hospital.

Subjects: Two hundred and seven elderly stroke patients admitted between December 1999 and February 2001. Main outcome measures: London Handicap Scale (LHS), Functional Independent Measure (FIM), Nottingham Extended ADL Index, timed get up and go test.

Results: LHS scores at discharge changed significantly (p < 0.008) for mobility, physical independence and occupation. The overall change in LHS score was 2.3 points (20%); effect size 0.43. A significant relationship was found between discharge score of LHS and admission score of FIM, Nottingham Index, timed get up and go and age. Multiple linear regressions did not identify a good predictor for the discharge score of LHS. Higher education was associated with higher LHS scores on admission (p= 0.016) but with less success in correcting handicap (p= 0.046).

Conclusions: A day hospital programme is associated with reduced level of handicap in stroke patients. The LHS is a useful and simple scale for measuring change in these patients. LHS in stroke patients correlates with other outcome measures, yet they cannot be used interchangeably. A significant relationship between education and level of handicap exists.

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