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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2015 Aug;96(8 0):S178–S196.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.09.042

Table 3.

Rehabilitation Treatments by Admission FIM Cognitive Score Subgroup

Characteristics Admission FIM Cognitive Score*
Overall (n=2130) <=6 (n=339) 7–10 (n=374) 11–15 (n=495) 16–20 (n=408) >=21 (n=504) P
Selected non-therapy treatments
 Restraints used (%) 56.7 85.0 76.5 64.2 44.9 25.0 <.001
 Number of days of restraint use (mean, SD)§ 23.8 (20.6) 32.9 (29.1) 27.6 (19.2) 21.4 (15.0) 16.6 (12.9) 11.2 (8.7) <.001 ||
 Sitter used (%) 20.6 33.9 28.1 23.6 16.4 6.6 <.001
 Number of days of sitter use (mean, SD)§ 14.9 (14.9) 22.2 (19.2) 15.3 (13.9) 11.2 (10.1) 10.0 (8.4) 11.0 (16.8) <.001 ||
 Enteral nutrition (%) 36.1 77.6 58.3 35.8 15.9 8.3 <.001
 Number of days of enteral nutrition (mean, SD)§ 20.3 (17.9) 26.6 (20.1) 19.5 (15.4) 15.9 (17.6) 12.9 (10.0) 11.9 (12.4) <.001 ||
 Parenteral nutrition adminstered (%) 6.1 13.9 9.4 6.1 2.5 0.8 <.001
Medications
 Medications administered (%)
  Analgesic narcotic/opioid 74.3 75.9 75.9 74.5 75.9 70.2 0.214
  Analgesic non-narcotic 80.2 87.0 83.2 80.7 78.6 74.4 <.001
  Anticholinergic 52.4 76.5 61.0 48.1 46.3 38.7 <.001
  Anticoagulant 72.1 85.2 80.5 78.4 68.7 53.8 <.001
  Anticonvulsant 50.1 54.8 53.4 49.8 49.5 44.6 0.033
  Antidepressant 69.2 81.3 77.8 69.3 69.9 53.8 <.001
  Antiulcer 73.9 83.4 80.8 77.4 73.9 58.8 <.001
  Trazadone 54.8 68.1 65.9 56.6 52.2 37.5 <.001
Therapy activities
  % of study population receiving any PT 99.3 100.0 99.7 99.0 99.5 98.8 0.172
  Total minutes/week (mean, SD)§ 314.2 (109.5) 343.8 (95.0) 319.2 (98.8) 308.7 (98.5) 304.9 (115.0) 303.3 (127.6) <.001 ||
  % of study population receiving any OT 99.2 99.7 99.5 99.2 99.5 98.4 0.212
  Total minutes/week (mean, SD)§ 298.1 (101.3) 321.8 (89.6) 304.5 (88.4) 299.3 (92.1) 283.9 (107.9) 287.5 (117.1) <.001 ||
  % of study population receiving any speech language pathology 96.7 100.0 98.9 98.4 97.3 90.7 <.001
  Total minutes/week (mean, SD)§ 253.6 (114.9) 268 (108.1) 290.5 (99.7) 281.5 (109.4) 239.9 (107.8) 194.2 (118.8) <.001 ||
  % of study population receiving any psychology 75.2 71.4 82.1 84.0 77.7 61.7 <.001
  Total minutes/week (mean, SD)§ 85 (82.0) 56.5 (62.0) 71.7 (62.3) 97.6 (75.8) 92.2 (91.8) 96.3 (101.9) <.001 ||
  % of study population receiving any recreational therapy 72.0 71.7 78.6 82.2 71.8 57.3 <.001
  Total minutes/week (mean, SD)§ 91.6 (71.2) 66.4 (50.5) 87.6 (62.4) 105 (79.8) 102.5 (71.8) 87 (75.1) <.001 ||
  % of study population receiving any social work/case management services 84.1 89.1 82.1 83.6 84.3 82.3 0.069
  Total minutes/week (mean, SD)§ 118.5 (74.7) 101.3 (64.2) 106.1 (73.3) 117.6 (66.8) 126.3 (72.5) 133.7 (87.5) <.001 ||
 PT activities (Three most frequently used)
  Theraputic exercise
   % patients receiving 95.0 98.2 97.3 94.9 94.1 91.7 <.001
   Minutes per week (mean, SD)§ 56 (41.9) 50.7 (35.0) 45 (33.0) 49 (37.9) 59.2 (40.3) 73.5 (51.6) <.001 ||
  Gait training
   % patients receiving 88.2 89.7 92.8 90.3 88.7 81.2 <.001
   Minutes per week (mean, SD)§ 80.6 (70.3) 92.4 (71.7) 75.4 (61.4) 75 (61.0) 77 (68.4) 86.1 (85.1) 0.002 ||
  Standing
   % patients receiving 83.8 95.3 94.4 87.3 78.4 69.0 <.001
   Minutes per week (mean, SD)§ 31.4 (23.2) 33.5 (22.1) 31.4 (20.7) 31.3 (22.6) 30.2 (25.8) 30.5 (24.7) 0.411 ||
 OT activities (Three most frequently used)
  Cognitive activity
   % patients receiving 91.2 97.3 95.5 92.3 90.7 82.9 <.001
   Minutes per week (mean, SD)§ 68.9 (61.4) 83 (67.7) 66.1 (57.5) 66.2 (60.1) 65.3 (58.3) 67.1 (62.9) <.001 ||
  Lower body dressing
   % patients receiving 82.0 92.9 95.7 86.7 79.7 61.5 <.001
   Minutes per week (mean, SD)§ 16.5 (12.9) 17.3 (11.7) 16.1 (11.5) 14.9 (11.3) 16.7 (13.6) 18 (16.4) 0.014 ||
  Upper extremity activity
   % patients receiving 79.6 92.9 84.5 82.6 76.7 66.3 <.001
   Minutes per week (mean, SD)§ 49.1 (42.4) 46.2 (40.4) 47.2 (36.9) 43.8 (35.6) 51.2 (40.4) 57.7 (55.6) <.001 ||
 Speech language pathology activities (Three most frequently used):
  Education
   % patients receiving 72.4 79.4 79.9 79.0 70.8 56.7 <.001
   Minutes per week (mean, SD)§ 17.9 (14.1) 13.2 (12.3) 15.5 (11.7) 18.9 (13.7) 20.2 (13.9) 21.3 (17.1) <.001 ||
  Verbal reasoning
   % patients receiving 62.6 63.7 65.5 74.9 66.7 44.8 <.001
   Minutes per week (mean, SD)§ 19.8 (18.0) 11.6 (10.9) 18.4 (16.3) 22.6 (19.4) 21.1 (19.2) 23 (19.1) <.001 ||
  Verbal orientation review
   % patients receiving 59.6 87.6 84.0 70.7 45.1 22.8 <.001
   Minutes per week (mean, SD)§ 19.6 (18.2) 22.7 (19.9) 23.3 (19.6) 18.2 (17.2) 14.6 (13.3) 12.1 (11.8) <.001 ||
 Psychology activities (Three most frequently used):
  Neurobehavioral assessment
   % patients receiving 57.3 55.5 67.1 69.3 56.4 40.1 <.001
   Minutes per week (mean, SD)§ 19.2 (16.9) 18.3 (18.2) 21.4 (16.2) 20.3 (14.6) 17.1 (20.7) 17.8 (15.4) 0.023||
  Psychotherapeutic and behavior intervention
   % patients receiving 44.6 37.8 50.5 55.4 46.6 31.9 <.001
   Minutes per week (mean, SD)§ 22.6 (22.0) 14.5 (14.0) 18.7 (16.6) 24.6 (20.0) 24.8 (22.8) 28 (31.1) <.001 ||
  Neuropsychological testing
   % patients receiving 38.5 23.9 36.6 53.1 43.1 31.5 <.001
   Minutes per week (mean, SD)§ 38.5 (36.9) 19.5 (16.9) 27.6 (21.3) 40.8 (32.4) 39.5 (34.1) 52.7 (54.5) <.001 ||
 Recreational therapy activities (Three most frequently used):
  Board/table top games
   % patients receiving 31.8 32.7 34.0 38.4 34.3 21.2 <.001
   Minutes per week (mean, SD)§ 25.3 (23.1) 14.3 (12.9) 21.1 (19.0) 23.1 (21.4) 31.5 (22.8) 38.1 (30.4) <.001 ||
  Card games
   % patients receiving 27.5 28.9 33.2 31.3 31.6 15.5 <.001
   Minutes per week (mean, SD)§ 29 (28.3) 15.7 (15.0) 25.8 (27.7) 30.3 (29.0) 36.9 (31.7) 35.8 (28.7) <.001 ||
  Community reintegration
   % patients receiving 24.4 26.5 27.8 33.9 21.8 12.5 <.001
   Minutes per week (mean, SD)§ 57.9 (47.2) 29.9 (22.6) 46.9 (32.2) 63.5 (47.0) 66.1 (43.0) 92.2 (69.4) <.001 ||
 Social work/case management activities (Three most frequently used):
  Team meetings
   % patients receiving 80.3 87.9 79.9 82.6 79.2 74.0 <.001
   Minutes per week (mean, SD)§ 10.4 (6.4) 9.6 (5.3) 10.6 (6.3) 10.4 (5.8) 10.2 (6.2) 10.9 (7.9) 0.158 ||
  Discharge planning for patient
   % patients receiving 68.0 76.4 69.0 67.5 67.6 62.5 0.001
   Minutes per week (mean, SD)§ 21.3 (20.7) 15 (17.8) 18.7 (17.1) 21.2 (19.1) 22.7 (20.9) 28 (25.0) <.001 ||
  Education/support for family
   % patients receiving 54.5 75.8 58.3 56.2 51.2 38.1 <.001
   Minutes per week (mean, SD)§ 18 (16.9) 16.1 (16.3) 18.6 (17.8) 19.2 (17.4) 19.9 (18.9) 15.6 (12.5) 0.021 ||
Therapist experience
Clinician Experience Index in years (mean, SD)
   Overall 4.8 (3.1) 4.6 (3.3) 4.3 (2.6) 4.6 (2.8) 5.2 (3.6) 5.0 (3.0) <.001 ||
   Physical therapy 4.0 (4.4) 3.8 (4.0) 3.8 (4.7) 3.7 (3.9) 4.4 (4.7) 4.2 (4.9) 0.143 ||
   Occupational therapy 3.1 (3.0) 3.3 (2.9) 2.8 (2.6) 2.9 (2.9) 2.9 (3.0) 3.6 (3.5) <.001 ||
   Speech language pathology 5.1 (3.1) 4.7 (2.9) 4.8 (3.1) 4.8 (3.1) 5.4 (3.1) 5.7 (3.3) <.001 ||
   Recreational therapy 1.9 (2.1) 1.7 (2.0) 1.8 (2.1) 1.8 (2.2) 1.8 (2.0) 2.1 (2.3) 0.380 ||
   Psychology 4.5 (5.3) 4.9 (5.6) 4.3 (4.6) 4.3 (4.6) 5.1 (6.3) 4.2 (5.6) 0.326 ||
   Social work 8.7 (9.0) 8.9 (8.9) 8.2 (8.4) 9.1 (9.4) 9.3 (9.9) 8.3 (8.1) 0.491 ||

NOTE:

*

n=10 patients missing admission FIM cognitive score.

Restraint types include: posey rolls and vests, posey Swedish locking belt-beds, abdominal binders, bed alarms, bed side rails, bed nets/enclosures, cameras, bed, lap and, seat belts, mitts, limb holders, and wander guards.

Chi-Square analysis.

§

Data include only patients who had the specified treatment.

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Analysis of variance test.