Weight Change during the Early Phase of Convalescent Rehabilitation after Stroke as a Predictor of Functional Recovery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Nutrients
; 14(2)2022 Jan 09.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35057445
ABSTRACT
It has been reported that weight gain at discharge compared with admission is associated with improved activities of daily living in convalescent rehabilitation (CR) patients with low body mass index. Here, we investigated whether weight maintenance or gain during the early phase of CR after stroke correlates with a better functional recovery in patients with a wide range of BMI values. We conducted this retrospective cohort study in a CR ward of our hospital and included adult stroke patients admitted to the ward from January 2014 to December 2018. After ~1 month of hospitalization, the patients were classified into weight loss and weight maintenance or gain (WMG) groups based on the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition criteria for weight. We adopted the motor functional independence measure (FIM) gain as the primary outcome. The motor FIM gain tended to be greater in the WMG group but without statistical significance. However, multiple regression analysis showed that WMG was significantly and positively associated with motor FIM gain. In conclusion, weight maintenance or gain in patients during the early phase of CR after stroke may be considered as a predictor of their functional recovery, and nutritional management to prevent weight loss immediately after the start of rehabilitation would contribute to this.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Patient Admission
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Weight Gain
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Body Mass Index
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Recovery of Function
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Stroke
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Stroke Rehabilitation
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Physical Functional Performance
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Nutrients
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Japan