Original articleCognitive and Affective Predictors of Rehabilitation Participation After Stroke
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Methods
Data were collected as part of another study examining the effects of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors on cognitive impairment in older adults after stroke.18 Participants were recruited from 2 university-affiliated inpatient stroke rehabilitation facilities. Patients were included if they were age 60 and older, had sustained an ischemic stroke within the prior 30 days, and demonstrated impairment in at least 1 of 3 cognitive domains (attention, memory, executive functions). Cognitive impairment
Results
In the parent study, among 314 patients admitted for inpatient rehabilitation, 67 consented to this study, of which 20 were subsequently excluded in accordance with the protocol and 40 started study medication. An additional 11 subjects were recruited using the same inclusion/exclusion criteria subsequent to completion of the drug study as a control group. For the current report, we conducted analyses with the subset of 44 participants for whom rehabilitation participation data were available.
Discussion
Among patients with cognitive impairment, days since stroke onset, baseline disability, executive functions, and depressive symptoms were all correlated with rehabilitation participation. Nonetheless, only baseline disability and executive functions were independent predictors of rehabilitation participation in this sample. These findings are an important first step toward identifying potentially modifiable clinical factors that contribute to rehabilitation participation and overall functional
Conclusions
Rehabilitation participation may be associated with executive functions among adults with cognitive impairment after stroke. Further examination of the determinants and effects of rehabilitation participation may be useful for identifying ways to improve overall functional outcome after stroke.
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Supported by the National Institutes of Health (grant nos. K12 HD055931, K23 MH067710, R01 HD055525, P30 MH071944) and unrestricted investigator-initiated grants from Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer.
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