TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Necessity to develop a tool to evaluate activity of daily living for electric powered indoor/outdoor chair users
JO  - Annals of rehabilitation medicine
A1  - Lee, Jiwon
A1  - Lim, Jae Kuk
A1  - Lee, Min Jun
A1  - Jo, Yoon-Sik
A1  - Park, Jae Sung
A1  - Kim, Jong Moon
A1  - Kim, Shin Kyoung
SP  - 277
EP  - 284
VL  - 39
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2234-0645
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5535/arm.2015.39.2.277
ID  - ref1
ER  -