International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
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Christine P Yang

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• Research Article
  Psychosocial Determinants of Longer Length of Stay on a Canadian Stroke Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit
  Author(s): Christine P Yang, Hillel M Finestone and Ping Y Chen Christine P Yang, Hillel M Finestone and Ping Y Chen
  
  Objective: The relationship between availability of psychosocial resources and inpatient stroke rehabilitation length of stay (LOS) has been inadequately studied. The purpose of this prospective observational study was to identify psychosocial determinants that prolong LOS of patients in a stroke rehabilitation program. Methods: Patients admitted to a multidisciplinary inpatient stroke rehabilitation program in southern Ontario, Canada, were consecutively recruited from October 2008 to August 2010. Patients diagnosed as having had a cerebrovascular event resulting in neurological impairments that required intensive rehabilitation were eligible for the study. Independent variables included psychosocial (awaiting long-term care placement, poststroke depression, inadequate family support, limited access to community home care services), medical.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9096.1000281

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