Are hospital assessments of daily living activities valid?
The level of functional achievement gained during a rehabilitation programme provides the basis for supplying aids and requesting community services on discharge. In a study of follow up regimes for patients with rheumatoid arthritis a comparison was made between functional assessments in hospital before discharge and at home shortly after discharge. A small number of the activities assessed showed a significant change at home and these changes were all towards a lower level of independence.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006306:Health Surveys; D006701:Home Nursing; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011897:Random Allocation; D012648:Self Care