Análisis de la actividad en las unidades móviles de rehabilitación-fisioterapia en atención primaria

Abstract

Valuable information is provided as regards the characteristics of the geriatric and dependent population, as well as the physiotherapy help they are receiving, and also how the procedure is carried out.

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Nursing/Physiotherapy Program in Chronic Patients

“…The rehabilitation techniques applied with the aim of achieving these objectives were, principally, functional exercises (approximately 50%), caregiver training (a third), functional exercises combined with caregiver training (17.3%), and functional exercises combined with electrotherapy (a small percentage). These results are in line with those obtained in previous studies [14], although the average number of sessions (9.8) was slightly lower (12.8) [14].…”

“…The increased demand for home care (HC) for chronic patients may be explained by the fact that most elderly people and dependents prefer to be treated at home [13]. Predictive factors for HC include advanced age, cognitive impairment, incapacitating chronic disease, early hospital discharge, and lack of autonomy to carry out the basic activities of daily living [14,15,16,17].…”

“…According to a previous study [14,15,16], we began with the hypothesis that HC interventions by the MPRT and PCCMNs contribute to a greater functional recovery of chronic patients in PC. The objective of this study was to evaluate the functional impact of a shared intervention model by the MPRT and PCCMNs, in a sample of 1086 chronic patients.…”

Comparison of Two Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Programs: A Follow-Up Study among Primary versus Specialized Health Care

“…The number of subjects required for this study was calculated across a sample of patients who received RITH for stroke [16], from 2004 to June 2009, included in a previous study in patients with similar characteristics, using Epidata software version 3.1, for comparison of independent averages. A standard deviation was obtained from initial and final Barthel scores [22], 23.788 for the first group and 32.993 for the second group; the mean difference detected was 14.710; considering for calculation a ratio among samples of 1, a confidence level of 95%, and a power of 80%.…”

“…Investigations of home-based rehabilitation support in Spain have been made in the context of illnesses other than stroke [13, 15, 16], and they reflect that home care not only matches the quality of hospital care, but also offers patients the added benefit of the ease of being at home. Furthermore, the interventions are performed in a real-life scenario to which the patients can adapt according to their limitations [10, 15].…”