For younger patients with stroke, does rehabilitation in the home, compared to rehabilitation in the day clinic, improve early level of activity participation?

Authors

Elizabeth Ashley Brown, Dominican University of CaliforniaFollow
Alex Robert Shragg, Dominican University of CaliforniaFollow
Jovita Vasquez, Dominican University of California
Kitsum Li, Department of Occupational Therapy, Dominican University of CaliforniaFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2014

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to determine if 3 weeks of rehabilitation in the home setting improves activity to a larger extent and facilitates rehabilitation in younger patients following a stroke compared to patients receiving intervention in an outpatient rehabilitation clinic. Cost effectiveness among these interventions was also described.

Comments

A product of the American Occupational Therapy Association's Evidence-based Literature Review Project.

Copyright

Copyright © 2014 American Occupational Therapy Association. All Rights Reserved. Reproduced here with permission.

Publisher's Statement

Originally published as product of the American Occupational Therapy Association's Evidence-Based Literature Review Project.