The Relationship between Early Phase Score of the Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Participation Scale and the Functional Independence Measure: a multi-center study

Abstract

[Purpose] The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between the early phase of rehabilitation participation and the admission motor FIM at the convalescent rehabilitation hospitals using multi-center study data. [Subjects] The subjects were 236 inpatients at 5 convalescent rehabilitation hospitals (average age, 77.7 ± 12.4 years old); hospitalized for stroke, fracture, disuse-syndrome, and spinal cord injury. [Methods] One-week participation after admission was measured with the Pittsburgh rehabilitation participation scale (PRPS). Stepwise multiple regression analysis of the admission motor FIM scores was used, adjusting for demographic and clinical characteristic variables. [Results] The results of the multiple regression analysis for predictors of PRPS showed that age and admission cognitive FIM were significant predictors of PRPS. [Conclusion] At admission, the PRPS is related to the motor FIM at the convalescent rehabilitation hospitals in Japan.