• 1. Department of Neurology, the First People's Hospital of Longquanyi District, Chengdu, Sichuan 610100, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Rehabilitation, the First People's Hospital of Longquanyi District, Chengdu, Sichuan 610100, P. R. China;
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Objective To explore the feasibility and effectiveness of community-based rehabilitation for patients with cerebral infarction. Method The cerebral infarction patients (n=285) registered before March 2011 and newly involved in the research between March 2011 and September 2012 were randomly divided into rehabilitation group (n=142) and control group (n=143). The doctors in community hospitals were trained by specialist physicians in Neurology Department and Rehabilitation Department from second-grade hospitals. Community physicians were responsible for the patients' rehabilitation for one year. Results No differences between the rehabilitation group and the control group in the time of enrollment situation (P>0.05). After six months of intervention, there were significant differences between the two groups of patients in neurological function, daily activity ability, anxiety and depression scale scores (P<0.05), and the difference was more significant after 12 months (P<0.01). The results of Kubota drinking experiment were significantly different between the two groups after six months of intervention (P<0.05). Conclusions Community-based rehabilitation treatment can significantly reduce the degree of physical and mental disability. The cooperation between second-grade hospitals and community hospitals is an effective way to realize three-stage neurological rehabilitation, which can better improve patients' quality of life and is helpful for them return to the society.

Citation: XUCui-ping, NINGBo, WANGNan, XIEChuan, ZHONGLi, LIWei, YANGFei, ZHUMei-rong, LUORui. Research on Community-based Rehabilitation of Patients with Cerebral Infarction. West China Medical Journal, 2015, 30(6): 1092-1095. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.20150313 Copy

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