Background/Aim: Physical activities are an essential part of patients' rehabilitation in oncology. For cancer patients special sport groups for rehabilitation exist and are reimbursed by the statutory health system. The aim of our study was to evaluate patients' knowledge and acceptance of these offe...
Conclusions Planning FU-care should be integrated in specialized rehabilitation. Patients with poor coping skills and sedentary lifestyle may need more support over longer time to implement behavioral changes for healthy self-management. Implications for rehabilitation Planning follow-up should be integrated...
ObjectiveTo explore the effect of earlier rehabilitation on activities of daily living(ADL) of patients with spinal cord injury(SCI).Methods50 SCI patients received earlier rehabilitation and improvement of ADL of patients was evaluated.ResultsAfter two months treatment,the scores of Barthel index,funct...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects on activities of daily living, quality of life, and exercise tolerance of a comprehensive out-patient rehabilitation programme for patients with moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary dise...
According to the Common Sense Model by Leventhal [19], patients’ beliefs and perceptions about illness guide individuals’ efforts to cope with illness. Studies of the rehabilitation of COPD patients [20] and patients who attended outpatient clinics [21] show that COPD patients with positive belie...
The 37 hospitalized RA patients undergoing rehabilitation (for 4 weeks) were evaluated on effects of rehabilitation by comparing scores of ADL at the time of admission and discharge. Items of ADL were composed of 32. Items of ADL which were likely to be disabled were related to those of ADL...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between ADL improvement and changes in skeletal muscle mass among older patients ≥ 80 years of age who were undergoing rehabilitation for vertebral compression fracture (VCF). Methods This case–control study was conducted at a ...
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ObjectiveTo explore the related factors influencing effect of community-based rehabilitation (CBR) on activities of daily living (ADL) in stroke patients in.Methods202 stroke patients were randomly divided into the CBR group (n=103) and control group (n=99). The patients of the CBR group treat...
Disability, characterised by the loss of ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL), is a defining feature of dementia that results in growing caregiver burden and the eventual need for alternative care or nursing home placement. Functional decline in patients with dementia can also result...