1. Development and Evaluation of the Korean Version of Hospital-Based Transitional Rehabilitation Program Using Daily Living Home for Spinal Cord Injury
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Moon, Chang-Won, Jung, Il-Young, Kim, Ju Young, Jang, Ha Neul, and Cho, Kang Hee
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Activities of daily living ,Rehabilitation ,business.industry ,transitional care ,medicine.medical_treatment ,patient discharge ,medicine.disease ,Goal Attainment Scaling ,rehabilitation ,Quality of life ,Physical therapy ,medicine ,Daily living ,Medicine ,Original Article ,Transitional care ,spinal cord injuries ,business ,activities of daily living ,Spinal cord injury ,Korean version - Abstract
Objective To develop and evaluate the Korean version of a hospital-based transitional rehabilitation program (TRP), using daily living home for spinal cord injury (SCI) patients.Methods In this study, we developed the Korean version of a hospital-based TRP through domestic and overseas surveys and focus group meetings. By applying this to chronic SCI patients, we observed the functional and quality of life (QOL) changes and evaluated the degree of achievement of the core goals set for each patient during hospital-based TRP.Results Hospital-based TRP, for 21.8±3.9 days on average, was applied to four chronic SCI patients (two patients with long-term hospital stays and two homebound disabled individuals) with an average injury period of 736.8±185.4 days. The Korean version of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure (49.3±6.9 vs. 62.5±6.0; p
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- 2021