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Authors:
Yukihide Nishimura
Hiroyuki Tsuboi
Yoshitoshi Murata
Keywords: rehabilitation treatments; Barthel Index; activities of daily living; physical activity level.
Abstract:
Though increasing physical activity level is essential for health promotion, inpatients are known to experience a drop in physical activity. However, even short-term rehabilitation treatment is expected to improve Activities of Daily Living (ADL), but accompanying changes in physical activity levels are unknown. This study evaluated change over one week in the Barthel Index (BI) and physical activity level in inpatients undergoing rehabilitation treatment and investigated the correlations between variability in these factors. The BI and physical activity levels were measured twice with a one-week interval between measurements for eight inpatients undergoing rehabilitation treatment at Iwate Medical University Hospital, Japan. The number of steps and time spent walking increased significantly from the first measurement to the second. On the other hand, there was no significant difference in BI score between initial measurement and after one week. However, 4 out of 8 inpatients showed the BI improved, and there was no inpatient showed worsened BI. Also, there were no significant correlations between the BI score variability and variability in the number of steps or time spent walking. The results suggested that rehabilitation treatment improved ADL ability and increased physical activity level among inpatients, but that variability in these factors is not correlated. A future study with an increased sample size divided by medical conditions is necessary.
Pages: 26 to 29
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2020
Publication date: March 22, 2020
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-4359
ISBN: 978-1-61208-763-4
Location: Valencia, Spain
Dates: from November 21, 2020 to November 25, 2020