The study on functional condition evaluation in discharging of stroke patients using FIM

FIM을 사용한 뇌졸중 환자의 퇴원시 기능상태 평가에 관한 연구

This study, whose subjects are forty stroke patients in discharging who have been using FIM Western medical (Neurology, Neurosurgery, Rehabilitation Medicine) and Chinese herb medical base of D Hospital in Pusan from the first of May to the eleventh of July, has been made to evaluate the patients' functional conditions and analyze the factors affecting them. The result of study is as followings: FIM total score in discharging is avarage $85.83{\pm}28.96$; the motor FIM score is $57.55{\pm}24.40$ and the cognitive FIM score $29.95{\pm}6.99$. The items recorded the highest score reveal the eating bowel management; the former is $5.68{\pm}1.73$, the latter $5.33{\pm}2.23$. The item recorded the lowest score reveal bathing and stairs, each $2.35{\pm}1.69$ and $3.23{\pm}2.13$. Analysis reveal it is in the case of age(p=.005) and durations of admission(p=.01) that there is significant difference of FIM score when stroke patients in discharging.