The Influence of Speech-Language-Hearing Therapy Duration on the Degree of Improvement in Poststroke Language Impairment

Table 3

Influence of training duration on the degree of improvement in Functional Independence Measures (FIM) score for expression.

Covariate	ST			OT			PT
	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	p
Overall	1.251	0.999–1.567	0.051	1.399	0.918–2.131	0.119	1.404	0.849–2.322	0.186
Age
≥75 years	1.041	0.704–1.539	0.842	1.220	0.600–2.480	0.583	2.102	1.245–3.548	0.005
65–74 years	1.108	0.745–1.649	0.612	0.896	0.483–1.662	0.728	1.192	0.473–3.005	0.709
55–64 years	1.177	1.031–3.062	0.038	1.470	0.591–3.658	0.407	2.154	0.970–4.784	0.060
≤54 years	1.664	1.045–2.650	0.032	4.686	1.925–11.405	0.001	0.363	0.111–1.192	0.095
Dementia level
Normal	1.102	0.683–1.778	0.691	1.133	0.514–2.499	0.756	1.850	0.895–3.821	0.097
Mild-to-moderate	1.130	0.786–1.624	0.509	1.720	0.794–3.726	0.169	2.090	1.139–3.834	0.017
Severe	1.314	0.843–2.047	0.228	1.495	0.775–2.883	0.230	1.622	0.599–4.393	0.341

ST, speech-language-hearing therapy; OT, occupational therapy; PT, physical therapy; JCS, Japan Coma Scale; FIM, functional independence measure; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
Adjustment for age, sex, hospital, hospitalization year, dementia level at hospitalization, JCS score at hospitalization, FIM walk/wheelchair score at hospitalization, FIM expression at hospitalization, number of days spent in hospital, and side with more severe paralysis. Further adjustment for OT and PT in the analysis of ST, ST and PT in the analysis of OT, and OT and ST in the analysis of PT. Each OR represents the comparison between long and short therapy duration, with the OR for short duration always being reference.