title: Evaluation of functional independence after discharge from the intensive care unit.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  1) To evaluate the functional independence measures immediately after discharge from an intensive care unit and to compare these values with the FIMs 30 days after that period. 2) To evaluate the possible associated risk factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  The present investigation was a prospective cohort study that included individuals who were discharged from the intensive care unit and underwent physiotherapy in the unit. Functional independence was evaluated using the functional independence measure immediately upon discharge from the intensive care unit and 30 days thereafter via a phone call. The patients were admitted to the Hospital Santa Clara intensive care unit during the period from May 2011 to August 2011.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During the predetermined period of data collection, 44 patients met the criteria for inclusion in the study. The mean age of the patients was 55.4±10.5 years. Twenty-seven of the subjects were female, and 15 patients were admitted due to pulmonary disease. The patients exhibited an functional independence measure of 84.1±24.2. When this measure was compared to the measure at 30 days after discharge, there was improvement across the functional independence variables except for that concerned with sphincter control. There were no significant differences when comparing the gender, age, clinical diagnosis, length of stay in the intensive care unit, duration of mechanical ventilation, and the presence of sepsis during this period.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Functional independence, as evaluated by the functional independence measure scale, was improved at 30 days after discharge from the intensive care unit, but it was not possible to define the potentially related factors.
authors.affiliation: Centro Universitário Metodista - IPA - Porto Alegre RS, Brazil
authors.forename: Juliane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Curzel
authors.forename: Luiz Alberto
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Forgiarini Junior
authors.forename: Marcelo de Mello
authors.initials: Mde M
authors.lastname: Rieder
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010351:Patient Discharge; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors
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