Makoto Tokunaga, MD, PhD, Susumu Watanabe, MD, PhD, Ryoji Nakanishi, MD, PhD, Hiroaki Yamanaga, MD, PhD, Hiroyuki Yonemitsu, MD, PhD, Shuji Mita, MD, PhD, Tadashi Terasaki, MD, Yoshifumi Hirata, MD, PhD, Makio Yamaga, MD, PhD, Yoichiro Hashimoto, MD
Jpn J Compr Rehabil Sci 5: 136-140, 2014
Objective: The aim of this study was to elucidate the
influence of stroke type, gender, and age on a corrected
Functional Independence Measure (FIM) effectiveness
score, an FIM improvement indicator corrected for
FIM at the time of admission.
Methods: The subjects comprised 3,034 stroke patients
enrolled in a stroke liaison clinical pathway. The
subjects were divided into four groups based on stroke
type (infarction or hemorrhage) and sex (male or
female), and were stratified into nine different fiveyear
age groups. We then investigated the mean
corrected FIM effectiveness score.
Results: Mean corrected FIM effectiveness decreased
in all four groups among subjects aged 70 years or
older. Among subjects aged 69 or younger, cerebral
hemorrhage was significantly greater than cerebral
infarction, but no clear statistical difference was seen
for gender.
Conclusion: During an investigation of FIM
improvement in stroke patients, there is no great need
to divide subjects by gender, but the patients should be
stratified by stroke type and age.
Key words: corrected total FIM effectiveness, FIM improvement, type of stroke, sex, age