Midori Ihara, Lecturer, Master of Science in Nursing, Masazumi Mizuma, Professor, MD, PhD, Nobuyuki Kawate, Associate Professor, MD, PhD
Jpn J Compr Rehabil Sci 7: 29-38, 2016
Objective: This study assessed factors related to
voluntary training undertaken by stroke patients.
Methods: Patients who had been hospitalized for 1 or
more months after stroke completed a questionnaire
regarding their background, disease characteristics,
voluntary training, outcome expectations, efficacy
expectations, and the degree of life satisfaction. The
Mann-Whitney U test, Fisher’s exact test, and
Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient were used for
analysis.
Results: There was a significant positive correlation
between the number of training days per week and the
number of months after stroke. However, there was no
significant correlation between the number of training
days per week and outcome expectations, efficacy
expectations, and the degree of life satisfaction.
Conclusions: The factor related to the number of
voluntary training days per week undertaken by stroke
patients during the recovery phase was the number of
months after stroke. In this period, outcome
expectations, efficacy expectations, the degree of life
satisfaction, and voluntary training by stroke patients
may not be related. This may be because patients have
mental agitation or a low degree of satisfaction during
this period.
Key words: apoplexy, convalescence, rehabilitation, voluntary, self-efficacy