2017 Volume 32 Issue 2 Pages 317-322
[Purpose] To clarify the relationships of functional status at the time of discharge with the recovery prognoses of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and life-space in the early stage after discharge to home of elderly orthopedic patients. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were 32 elderly patients (average age 77.3 years) who were capable of cane gait before hospitalization and were discharged from hospital to their homes. We measured their IADL and life-space monthly for three months after discharge, and examined their relationships with functional status at the time of discharge using Spearman’s correlation analysis and stepwise multiple regression analysis. [Results] Cognitive function showed significant relationships with IADL at all the time points after discharge; and the Timed Up and Go test and 5-m walking time showed significant relationships with life-space at 1 and 3 months after discharge. [Conclusion] We clarified the relationships of the recovery prognoses of IADL and life-space with cognitive and motor functions in the early stage after discharge, and the possibility of their prediction.
