@article{ref1,
title="Necessity to develop a tool to evaluate activity of daily living for electric powered indoor/outdoor chair users",
journal="Annals of rehabilitation medicine",
year="2015",
author="Lee, Jiwon and Lim, Jae Kuk and Lee, Min Jun and Jo, Yoon-Sik and Park, Jae Sung and Kim, Jong Moon and Kim, Shin Kyoung",
volume="39",
number="2",
pages="277-284",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To evaluate changes in activity of daily living before and after provision of electric-powered indoor/outdoor chair (EPIOC), discuss problems of current activities of daily living (ADL) evaluating tools for EPIOC users, and provide preliminary data to develop ADL evaluation tool for EPIOC user. <br><br>METHODS: A total of 70 users who were prescribed EPIOC and had been using for more than 1 year were recruited in this study. Before and after provision of EPIOC, MBI and FIM scores were measured and a questionnaire consisting of six categories (general socioeconomic states, currently using state, whether EPIOC was helpful for social participation and occupational chances, psychiatric influences, self-reported degrees of independency, and barriers of using EPIOC) was used. <br><br>RESULTS: No difference in MBI scores before and after provision of EPIOC was observed. However, the wheelchair ambulation category showed a significant difference. While motor FIM was not significantly different from MBI, FIM score were significantly (p<0.05) higher than MBI. For questions regarding social participation frequency, helpfulness of EPIOC on confidence, refreshing patients' emotions and self-reported degrees of independence, all of them showed positive responses. Especially, EPIOC users' self-reported degree of independency showed favorable results. There was discrepancy in MBI or FIM measured by physicians. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Our study showed that there was a gap between the existing ADL evaluation tool and the ADL level that EPIOC users were actually feeling. Thus, it is necessary to develop an evaluation tool specifically for EPIOC.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2234-0645",
doi="10.5535/arm.2015.39.2.277",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5535/arm.2015.39.2.277"
}