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Age and Functional Outcome After Stroke

2004; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 11; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1310/dnju-9vuh-bxu2-djyu

1945-5119

Randie M. Black‐Schaffer, Cynthia E. Winston,

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

The effect of age on functional outcome after stroke remains uncertain. Many studies have found that younger patients do better than older patients, whereas others have found minimal or no effect of age on rehabilitation outcomes. We examined the effect of advancing age on FIM trade mark gain, length of stay, length of stay efficiency, and home discharge in 979 stroke rehabilitation patients at a long-term acute care rehabilitation hospital. We found a strong relationship of increasing age to poorer outcome in all measures for patients with admission FIM (AFIM) score 80.