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Clinical Rehabilitation
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The effect of personal care training at a medical department: a study in occupational therapy

Ingrid Söderback

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Karolinska Institute/Hospital, Stockholm — Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Karolinska Institute/Hospital, Box 60500, S-104 01 Stockholm, Sweden

Susanne Guidetti

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Karolinska Institute/Hospital, Stockholm

The effectiveness of ADL (activities of daily living) training was evaluated in 26 older adult patients who received medical care and nursing on seven wards at a Swedish medical department. The patients were selected consecutively following their referral to the occupational therapists and were assigned alternately to an experimental group (n=14) who underwent ADL training 2-13 times during an average of 12 days, and a control group (n=12). The patients' level of dependence in ADL was assessed using the Klein-Bell ADL scale before and after the ADL training (experimental group) and at corresponding points for the control group. A significant difference between the experimental group and the control was demonstrated in the ADL area Bathing/Hygiene (F(1,22) = 8.29; p = 0.009). There were strong tendencies towards significant differences between the groups in the variables 'mobility' (F(1,22) = 3.69; p = 0.07) and 'Eating' (F(1,22) = 4.05; p = 0.06).

Clinical Rehabilitation, Vol. 6, No. 3, 203-208 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/026921559200600304
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