2004 Volume 7 Issue 2 Pages 43-49
The purpose of this study is verifying prospectively about the influence of home visiting intervention performed by a physiotherapist accompanying on activities of daily living (ADL) and family relationship of a disabled person living at home in the area which is not blessed with rehabilitation resources. The subjects were disabled people living at home and the families’ main care workers in five towns and villages in Aomori Prefecture (intervention group: n=57, control group: n=27). Home visiting intervention was performed for about two and a half years. ADL and the family relationships were evaluated twice between the six and twenty four months.
As a result, a significant relation was identified between intervention and changes in ADL. Moreover, a tendency towards an improvement of the degree of ADL independence was indentified in the intervention group. The extent was 3.89 times greater compared with the control group. On the other hand, it was shown that it cannot be said that there is a significant relation between home visiting intervention and family relationships.
From the results, suggestions were made about the meaning of home visiting intervention in areas which are not blessed with rehabilitation resources.
