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Stroke survivor activity during subacute inpatient rehabilitation: how active are patients?

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posted on 2019-03-01, 00:00 authored by Natasha A Selenitsch, Stephen GillStephen Gill
Being active following stroke is recommended, but inactivity is common. The current study aimed to observe stroke survivors physical, social and cognitive activities in a large regional inpatient rehabilitation centre. Patients were observed over 8 separate days at 10-min intervals between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Patients were engaged in any form of activity 59.9% of the time and in therapy 4.6% of the time. Patients were inactive and alone 34.3% of the time. Activity levels were weakly associated with patients' functional abilities (Spearman's ρ≤0.39). Independent walkers spent a higher proportion of the day physically active (37.5%) compared with nonindependent walkers (30.6%) (P=0.019). Days since stroke was not correlated with patient activity levels. Initiatives to increase activity during inpatient rehabilitation appear to be warranted.

History

Journal

International journal of rehabilitation research

Volume

42

Pagination

82-84

Location

Philadelphia, Pa.

ISSN

0342-5282

eISSN

1473-5660

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

Issue

1

Publisher

Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins

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