Impact of disability in the lifestyle of adult hemiplegic patiente
Keywords:
Functional Independence Measure (FIM), lifestyle, hemiplegia.Abstract
Objective: Investigate the changes in lifestyle (LS) of adult patients with hemiplegia and their association with the functionality achieved.
Materials and methods: 56 adult hemiplegic patients with more than a year of progress and completed rehabilitation treatment were evaluated with the scale of the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and respondents with 16 items that reflected the social activity before and after the injury. The results were related to the FIM score compared to the etiology of the lesion, the affected side and gender of patients. We performed a linear regression and multinomial logistic.
Results: the average was 105 points FIM (Mx = 126), indicating acceptable functionality.
In LS average was 22.6 points (Mx = 32).
There were positive linear relationship between increased FIM and LS, LS’s that changed the FIM showed a 74%, compared with those who did not change that was 85%. No difference in FIM or LS score by level of instruction and etiology.
Conclusion:
1. When the score was higher, less change in lifestyle.
2. Patients with low FIM scores (greater disability) were predominantly affected the right side.
3. The biggest change in lifestyle was seen in attendance at a restaurant and travel by public transport.
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