Abstract
Tokunaga M, Fukunaga K, Sannomiya K, Imada Y, Inoue R, Hamasaki H, Noguchi D, Nakashima Y, Watanabe S, Nakanishi R, Yamanaga H. The difference between measured Nichijo-seikatsu-kino-hyokahyo (NSKH) score and predicted NSKH score derived from ADL is related to FIM gain. Jpn J Compr Rehabil Sci 2013; 4: 61-66.
Purpose: To determine if the difference between measured Nichijo-seikatsu-kino-hyokahyo score (NSKH) and predicted NSKH score (measured NSKH-predicted NSKH) derived from the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) score is related to FIM gain, and whether it increases the predictive accuracy of FIM gain.
Methods: We studied 102 stroke patients in the Kaifukuki rehabilitation ward with FIM scores at admission between 18 and 58. We analyzed whether a correlation exists between “measured NSKH- predicted NSKH” and “FIM gain”, and performed a multiple regression analysis to predict FIM gain.
Results: A significant negative correlation (correlation constant -0.275, p<0.01) was detected between measured NSKH-predicted NSKH and FIM gain. The adjusted R-square value increased by 0.101 after incorporating measured NSKH-predicted NSKH into the predictive equation for FIM gain, which included age and FIM score at admission.
Conclusion: This study demonstrates that measured NSKH-predicted NSKH correlates with FIM gain, and that measured NSKH-predicted NSKH is an index that increases the predictive accuracy of FIM gain.
