title: [Results of in- vs outpatient post-stroke rehabilitation over 6 months].
abstract: In a prospective longitudinal study, stroke patients with largely intact ADL-functions who were treated in a rehabilitation center were assessed at the beginning and end of rehabilitation treatment and 6 months afterwards. They were treated as outpatients, if they expressed a preference for this setting and if outpatient rehabilitation was logistically and geographically possible, otherwise as inpatients. We found medium- to large-size gains for physical and ADL function and associated quality-of-life dimensions (WHOQOL-BREF, SF-36). However, there were also losses in other aspects of quality of life, e. g. in the social domain. There were no differences with respect to type of setting. Patients' setting preferences influenced the development of perception of own health. There was only a small and insignificant influence of satisfaction with rehabilitation treatment. We propose an expansion of neurological outpatient rehabilitation services and a focus on factors outside the rehabilitation system that influence quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Neurologie der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bölsche
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hasenbein
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reissberg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schlote
authors.forename: C-W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Wallesch
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D012919:Social Behavior; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Ergebnisse der ambulanten und stationären Rehabilitation in den ersten sechs Monaten nach Schlaganfall.