Abstract
[Purpose] We compared abilities in wheelchair safety operation management (WCSOM) with the academic cognitive function test to examine its usefulness as a prediction factor of walking ability prognosis for stroke patients’ walking abilities. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were 16 initial stroke patients. A clinical psychologist evaluated the academic cognitive function test, and a physical therapist evaluated the WCSOM at hospitalization and one month after hospitalization. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and positive and negative likelihood ratios were calculated using the ROC curve’s cutoff value for the relationship between each evaluation result and the walking independence level at discharge. [Results] For all items, the WCSOM evaluation was high at accurately predicting the walking independence level at discharge. [Conclusion] The results suggest that evaluation of WCSOM can predict the walking independence level at discharge even in comparison with the academic cognitive function test.
