• Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Dec 2013

    Factors influencing receipt of early rehabilitation after stroke.

    • Barbara E Bates, Pui L Kwong, Dawei Xie, Ali Valimahomed, Diane Cowper Ripley, Jibby E Kurichi, and Margaret G Stineman.
    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Albany, NY; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY. Electronic address: barbara.bates@va.gov.
    • Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2013 Dec 1; 94 (12): 2349-56.

    ObjectiveTo identify patient-level characteristics associated with rehabilitation during the acute poststroke phase.DesignRetrospective cohort. Generalized estimating equations modeled the likelihood of rehabilitation during the index hospitalization to account for patient clusters.SettingRehabilitation facilities.ParticipantsSample included veterans (N=9681; average age, 68.7y; 97.4% men) diagnosed with new stroke discharged from Veterans Affairs hospitals between October 1, 2006, and September 30, 2008.InterventionsNot applicable.Main Outcome MeasureReceipt of rehabilitation services.ResultsOf the total cohort, 73% received some type of rehabilitation. After adjustment, stroke patients with cerebral arteries occlusion were most likely to receive rehabilitation compared with other stroke types (P<.001). Patients with prestroke conditions of metastatic cancer (odds ratio [OR]=.68, P<.001) and psychosis (OR=.90, P=.045) were less likely to have rehabilitation, whereas those with hypertension (OR=1.26, P<.001) and other neurologic disorders (OR=1.29, P<.001) were more likely. Compared with patients admitted from home, patients transferred from a non-Veterans Affairs hospital (OR=1.4, P<.004) were more likely to receive rehabilitation, whereas patients admitted from extended care (OR=.59, P<.001) were less likely. Married veterans were less likely to receive rehabilitation services (OR=.87, P<.001) than unmarried veterans.ConclusionsWithin the Veterans Health Administration, initiating rehabilitation in the acute phase poststroke appears to be influenced by patient clinical characteristics and living circumstances.Copyright © 2013 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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