Physical Therapy Korea (한국전문물리치료학회지)
- Volume 15 Issue 1
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- Pages.12-19
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- 2008
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- 1225-8962(pISSN)
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- 2287-982X(eISSN)
The Relationship Between Activities of Daily Living and Health-Related Quality of Life in Ambulatory Stroke Patients
보행 가능한 뇌졸중 환자의 일상생활 수행능력과 건강관련 삶의 질과의 관계
- Won, Jong-Im (Dept. of Physical Therapy, College of Alternative Medicine, Jeonju University)
- 원종임 (전주대학교 대체의학대학 물리치료학과)
- Received : 2007.11.20
- Accepted : 2008.01.03
- Published : 2008.02.19
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between activities of daily living and health-related quality of life in ambulatory stroke patients. This was a cross-sectional survey study of 60 patients who had survived one year or more after a stroke in community. Activities of daily living were assessed using the Functional Independence Measure (FlM) and health-related quality of life using the Stroke Impact Scale (SIS). The association between FIM and SIS was examined using Pearson' s correlation. The FIM score was higher than the SIS score. Most domains of FIM exhibited a high rate (45-85%) of ceiling effects. However, only the communication and memory domain of SIS exhibited of ceiling effects. The correlation coefficients were .835 (p<.01) for FIM-motor vs. SIS-ADL, .257 (p<,05) for FIM-motor vs. SIS-communication, .596 (p<.01) for FIM-motor vs. SIS-social participation, .635 (p<.01) for FIM-cognition vs. SIS-memory, .369 (p<.01) for FIM-cognition vs. SIS-ADL, and .289 (p<.05) for FlM-cognition vs. SIS-social participation. In conclusion, the correlation between FIM-motor and SIS-social participation was higher than that of FlM-cognition and SIS-social participation. The domains of emotion and hand function of SIS showed no correlation coefficients with FIM-total. To examine the activities of daily living and the quality of life in ambulatory stroke patients in community, it is necessary to use both the FIM and SIS.