Research Article
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 |
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Mean ± SD.
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