2019 Volume 46 Issue 5 Pages 366-370
Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the factors influencing functional independence measure (FIM) motor score at the end of physical therapy (PT) in proximal femoral fracture patients with psychiatric disorders.
Methods: The subjects were 193 proximal femoral fracture patients (57 men and 136 women, mean age=72.7 years [standard deviation=12.0 years]) with psychiatric disorders. A multiple regression analysis was performed to determine whether any of those factors could affect FIM motor score at the end of PT.
Results: The multiple regression analysis demonstrated that age (β = –0.13), gait independence before injury (β = 0.21), place of residence before injury (β = 0.10), FIM motor score at the start of PT (β = 0.46), and FIM cognitive score at the start of PT (β = 0.27) were significant contributors to FIM motor score at the end of PT.
Conclusions: Age, gait independence before injury, place of residence before injury, and FIM score at the start of PT affected FIM motor score at the end of PT in proximal femoral fracture patients with psychiatric disorders.
