A Randomized Controlled Trial of Early Supported Discharge and Continued Rehabilitation at Home After Stroke: Five-Year Follow-Up of Patient Outcome
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Early Supported Discharge and Continued Rehabilitation at Home After Stroke: Five-Year Follow-Up of Patient Outcome
A. Thorsén,L. Holmqvist,J. De Pedro-Cuesta,L. von Koch
2005 · DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000152288.42701.a6
Stroke · 124 Citations
TLDR
This ESD service has a beneficial effect on extended ADL 5 years after stroke for mildly to moderately impaired patients, and a significantly larger proportion of patients in the intervention group were independent in extendedADL and active in household activities.