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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Functional Independence Measure (FIM)"”.
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Modelling clinical decision-making referral patterns to home-based or hospital-based stroke outpatient rehabilitation programs in London, Ontario: A prognostic model development study
… older, have strokes of moderate severity, lower functional independence measure (FIM) scores and have reading comprehension difficulties are referred more often to CSRT. Patients with a caregiver, higher FIM scores, and auditory communication problems are more likely to be referred to CORP.
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Evuloção cognitiva e funcional de pacientes pós-acidente vascular cerebral - AVC
… morbidity that results in impairments such as functional disabilities. This study aimed to investigate the functional evolution of individuals in the first six months post-stroke. METHOD: Longitudinal study with 42 stroke patients. The functional independence measure (FIM) and The National …
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Comparison of Rehabilitation Resources and Outcomes by Functional Measurement
… led to a difference in length of stay and functional outcomes of rehabilitation inpatients at a rural midwestern rehabilitation center. Development of a rational basis for rehabilitation hospital payments has become a critical issue due to legislature and policy-maker efforts to control …
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Do Trait Positive and Trait Negative Affect Predict Progress and Discharge Outcomes in an Inpatient Medical Rehabilitation Population
… Schedule Short Form (I-PANAS-SF), along with the Functional Independence Measure (FIM), were administered to adult patients during their inpatient medical rehabilitation hospitalizations. The I-PANAS-SF was used to examine if trait affect plays a significant role in rehabilitative treatment, as …
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Major Trauma Outcomes: At What Cost? And for Whom? A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
… severity of injury; and (c) to identify survivor functional and psychosocial costs, or quality of life, not only by current health care outcome criteria, but also from patients' and families' perspectives. Retrospective review determined the financial differences (total charges of $9,945,973 and …
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Acupuncture during stroke rehabilitation: development of a manual for researching a complex intervention
… Outcomes assessed for feasibility included the Functional Independence Measure (FIM), Modified Rankin Scale of global disability (mRS) and assessments of sleep, swallowing and bowel function(at baseline and discharge, with mRS also at 6-month follow-up). Confidence intervals were compared across …
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Ability and Skill Retraining with Task-Oriented Intervention to Improve Functional Independence in Persons with Stroke
… used with task-oriented intervention can make on functional independence (as measured by FIM subscales) in persons with stroke. The findings of this study can contribute to the body of literature to support occupational therapy. Review of related literature includes background support for the use …