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Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Translated Title

基隆地區腦中風病患能否恢復工作之相關因子探討

Abstract

Patients following stroke were usually affected physically and psychologically, and the ability of these patients in returning to work had great influences in their self-confidence, personality, and domestic economy. Therefore, in this study, we evaluated for the factors that may be related to return to work of patients following stroke.One-hundred and five stroke patients in Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital from August, 1985 to February, 1994, and had regular follow up at least for six months were included in our study. Factors including age, sex, type of occupation, economic status, education, location of stroke, severity of weakness of extremities, urine or stool incontinence and past history were compared between these two groups. Statistical analysis with t-test, chi-square test and logistic regression analysis were performed with the datas collected. Of the 105 stroke patients, 33 patients (31%) did return to work and the remaining 72 patients (69%) didn't. We found that younger age at onset of stroke, white-collar occupation, motor performance of hemiparesis at six months after stroke, no urine incontinence at admission were significant factors to return to work after stroke.

Language

English

First Page

11

Last Page

21

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