Korean Brain Rehabilitation Registry for rehabilitation of persons with brain disorders: annual report in 2009.
This first annual report provides a description of patients discharged from rehabilitation facilities in Korea based on secondary data analysis of Korean Brain Rehabilitation Registry V1.0 subscribed in 2009. The analysis included 1,697 records of patients with brain disorders including stroke, traumatic brain injury, brain tumor and other disorders from 24 rehabilitation facilities across Korea. The data comprised 1,380 cases of stroke, 104 cases of brain injury, 55 cases of brain tumor, and 58 cases of other brain diseases. The functional status of each patient was measured using the Korean version of the Modified Barthel Index (KMBI). The average change in the KMBI score was 15.9 for all patients in the inpatient rehabilitation facility. The average length of stay for inpatient rehabilitation was 36.9 days. The transfer rates to other hospitals were high, being 62.4% when all patients were considered. Patients with brain disorders of Korea in 2009 and measurable functional improvement was observed in patients. However, relatively high percentages of patients were not discharged to the community after inpatient rehabilitation. Based on the results of this study, consecutive reports of the status of rehabilitation need to be conducted in order to provide useful information to many practitioners.
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Rehabilitation Center, Seoul, Korea.
Seung Nam
SN
Yang
Si-Woon
SW
Park
Han Young
HY
Jung
Ueon Woo
UW
Rah
Yun-Hee
YH
Kim
Min Ho
MH
Chun
Nam-Jong
NJ
Paik
Seung Don
SD
Yoo
Sung-Bom
SB
Pyun
Min Wook
MW
Kim
Sam-Gyu
SG
Lee
Byung Kyu
BK
Park
Heesuk
H
Shin
Yong Il
YI
Shin
Heeyeon
H
Lee
Tai Ryoon
TR
Han
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012042:Registries; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D056910:Republic of Korea; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation