Impact of Polypharmacy on the Rehabilitation Outcome of Japanese Stroke Patients in the Convalescent Rehabilitation Ward

Table 2

Comparison of FIM score upon admission and at the time of discharge and FIM efficiency.

Characteristic	All patients; ()	Polypharmacy group; ()	Nonpolypharmacy group; ()	value
FIM score on admission (points)
Total	63.5 ± 23.4	61.7 ± 22.1	64.4 ± 24.1	0.5167
Motor	40.2 ± 18.0	39.7 ± 17.1	40.4 ± 18.5	0.8346
Cognitive	23.4 ± 7.6	22.0 ± 7.3	24.1 ± 7.8	0.1276
FIM score at discharge (points)
Total	87.4 ± 27.2	81.0 ± 29.6	90.5 ± 25.5	0.0471
Motor	60.4 ± 21.6	56.2 ± 22.9	62.4 ± 20.7	0.1017
Cognitive	27.1 ± 6.9	25.0 ± 7.7	28.1 ± 6.4	0.0119
FIM efficiency (points/d)
Total	0.21 ± 0.16	0.15 ± 0.14	0.23 ± 0.17	0.0070
Motor	0.18 ± 0.14	0.13 ± 0.12	0.20 ± 0.15	0.0095
Cognitive	0.03 ± 0.05	0.02 ± 0.04	0.03 ± 0.05	0.1590

Mean ± SD.