The predictive factors for length of stay for stroke patients in Taiwan using the path model
Journal
International Journal of Rehabilitation Research
Journal Volume
29
Journal Issue
2
Pages
137-143
Date Issued
2006
Author(s)
Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the predictive factors, and their relative strengths, for predicting length of rehabilitation stay using the path model. One hundred and seventeen stroke patients were recruited from two rehabilitation units in university-affiliated hospitals in northern Taiwan. The Taiwanese Rehabilitation Database System was used to collect the patient's relevant information. Path analysis was used to explore the relative strengths of each predictive factor. The results showed that the ability to engage in self-care activities was the only direct predictor, whereas subjective well-being and cognitive social skills had an indirect effect on the length of rehabilitation stay, mediating through cognitive-social skills and ability to engage in activities of daily living, respectively. The effect of subjective well-being, mediating through cognitive-social skills, on the length of stay was about 1.5 times that of the effects of ability to engage in self-care activities on length of stay. The results of the study confirmed that the ability of stroke patients to engage in self-care activities consistently had a major impact on the length of stay. The effect of subjective well-being of the patients on the rehabilitation outcome raised the issue of psychosocial rehabilitation as an important part of successful rehabilitation services. ? 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Subjects
Length of stay; Predictive factors; Psychosocial rehabilitation; Stroke patients
Other Subjects
Cognitive systems; Database systems; Health care; Patient rehabilitation; Social aspects; Length of stay; Predictive factors; Psychosocial rehabilitation; Stroke patients; Patient treatment; adult; aged; article; controlled study; daily life activity; data base; female; human; length of stay; major clinical study; male; model; outcome assessment; prediction; priority journal; rehabilitation care; rehabilitation center; self care; skill; social adaptation; stroke patient; Taiwan; wellbeing; Activities of Daily Living; Cerebrovascular Accident; Cognition; Female; Humans; Length of Stay; Male; Middle Aged; Rehabilitation Centers; Social Adjustment; Taiwan
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