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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Barthel Index"”.
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Advancing the sock test for sitting balance: A comparison with the Barthel Index of activities of daily living in older adults
… Test for Sitting Balance (STSB) and items on the Barthel Index (BI) for activities of daily living. The STSB and BI scores of older adults from independent living and assisted living communities were compared. No difference in STSB scores emerged between the independent living and assisted living …
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Factors in Predicting the Number of Home Care Physical Visits
… visits. ADL scores were calculated using the Barthel Index. The level of comorbidity was calculated using the Charlson comorbidity index. Admission ADL score, number of visits, and level of comorbidity were the strongest predictors of discharge ADL score. Admission ADL score, while the …
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The Effects of Removing Physical Restraints from the Elderly in a Nursing Home
… levels of dementia as determined by the Modified Barthel Index during the pre-assessment and the post-physical restraint removal time period.</p>
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The effectiveness of physical rehabilitation in the enhancement of proprioceptive and cognitive aspects on Alzheimer disease patients.
… Scale (GDS), Quality of life in AD (QoL-AD), Barthel Index (BI), Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) and Tinetti Scale scores (TS) compared to the ones of group factor. In the findings of post-hoc analysis it was observed: the improvement of treatment variables, MMSE scores, GDS, QoL -AD and BI …
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Modelling of risk factors, case-fatalities, survival and functional health status for stroke in Kelantan, Malaysia
… change in functional health status using the Barthel Index post-stroke. This thesis includes four draft papers, in which several modelling data collection and data analysis strategies were applied to four datasets: one was provided by the hospitals, two were extracted by us and the final one …
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The Effects of Lower Extremity Strengthening Exercise Program for the Institutionalized Elderly Women
… were: K-MBI(Korean version of Modified Barthel Index) and Short Form Geriatric Depression Scale. The data was collected from March 01 2010 to May 14 2010. The data was analyzed by SPSS 13.0 program, yielding means, standard deviations, frequencies, percentiles, χ²-test, t-test and …
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Strengths and weaknesses of the spousal relationship following a stroke
… (FAM) - dyadic relationship version and the Barthel Index. All scores on FAM were within the normal range of strength/weakness. Results indicated that a significant proportion of the variance in task accomplishment, role performance, communication, control, and total relationship health were …
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Early Maladaptive Cognitive Schema as a Predictor of Post-Stroke Depression
… psychosocial variables significant change in the Barthel Index demonstrated patient recovery over time. Significant gender differences were found in the Self-Sacrifice EMS in which females scored significantly higher than males. These findings show promising trends in the involvement of EMS in …
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Epidemiology and clinical investigation of West Nile Virus encephalitis in Houston, Texas
… in both the mini-mental status exam and Barthel Index between encephalitis patients and those who presented with meningitis or fever. New onset depression was reported by 31% of cases, with 75% having CES-D scores indicative of mild to severe depression. Serial blood draws were tested by …
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A randomised controlled feasibility trial to investigate the effects of a functional standing frame programme versus usual physiotherapy to improve function and quality of life and reduce neuromuscular impairment in people with severe sub-acute stroke
… with severe stroke was conducted. Primary (Barthel Index, Edmans ADL Index for Stroke) and secondary outcomes (including lower limb joint range of movement, knee extensor strength, and quality of life) were assessed at baseline, post-intervention and 15-, 29- and 55-weeks post-randomisation. …
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Physical function, psychosocial adaptation, and hardiness post stroke
… achieved the maximum score of 20 on the Barthel Index indicating independence in activities of daily living. The median number of days since stroke onset was 91 days (range 74-128). The total mean score and standard deviation for hardiness was 1.89 (0.4) as measured by the Dispositional …
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Longer term neurocognitive outcomes after acquired brain injury
… on activities of daily living on the Barthel Index (BI) at 90 days and 2190 days post stroke, compared to those treated with IVT. The current empirical study examined predictors of post-acute memory impairment and the relative contributions of alcohol (intoxication at time of injury …
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Development, Validation and Evaluation of the Feasibility of the Observational Risk Assessment of Contractures (Longitudinal Evaluation) Tool: THE ORACLE STUDY
… reliability and good convergent validity with Barthel Index. Study 5: Three overarching themes were identified: 1) usability of ORACLE, 2) acceptability of ORACLE and 3) contextual factors that can potentially influence the practical implementation of ORACLE in a care home setting. Conclusions …
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Organised care of acute stroke at Groote Schuur Hospital : a controlled trial
… were no significant differences in the Modified Barthel Index prior to admission, at discharge or at follow-up. There were no significant differences in the principal outcome measures (death, dependency, death or dependency, institutionalisation and death or institutionalisation) between the …
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Motor imagery in neurological rehabilitation
… stronger correlated with change scores on the Barthel Index (r=O.36, P=.049) and the Rivermead Mobility Index (r=0.41, P=.025) than the change scores by the clinician. The developed client-tailored motor imagery strategy and goal attainment scaling were employed in a phase II randomised …
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Association for Daily Activities with Depression and Anxiety inStrokePatients
… from August 2006 to September 2006. The Modified Barthel Index, developed by Shah et al.(1989) to evaluate daily life activities of stroke patients, was used in this study. A Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), developed by Beck et al.(1961) and modified and translated into Korean by Han …
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Multidisziplinäre kardiologische Rehabilitation bei Patienten nach kathetergestützter Aortenklappenkorrektur
… Rehabilitation der Frailty (Gebrechlichkeits)-Index (Score bestehend aus Barthel-Index, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, Mini Mental State Exam, Mini Nutritional Assessment, Timed Up and Go und subjektiver Mobilitätsverschlechterung), die Lebensqualität im Short-Form 12 (SF-12) sowie …
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Investigating and Preventing the Loss of Muscle Strength and Physical Function in Frail Older Adults Who Experience an Unplanned Period of Hospitalisation
… General functional ability as measured by the Barthel Index deteriorated by 9 points (10%) between two weeks before admission and follow-up (p < 0.001). Functional mobility as measured by the de Morton Mobility Index improved by 6.5 points (15%) during hospitalisation (p < 0.001) but had not …
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Spontaninių judesių poveikis pusiausvyrai ir eisenai pacientams po galvos smegenų insulto /
… results was used: functional independence test, Barthel index, the Berg Balance scale, functional reach test, Tinetti balance and gait scale, „Up and Go“ test and Lovett grading scale of muscle strength. Statistical analysis was performed using „R Commander“ and „Microsoft Office Excel 2010“ …
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