Odile Chevalley, Steven Truijen, Emmanuelle Opsommer, Wim Saeys

Physical functioning factors predicting a return home after stroke rehabilitation: A systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Rehabilitation
  • Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
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Objectives This systematic review and meta-analysis sought to identify the physical functioning factors associated with home discharge after inpatient stroke rehabilitation. Data sources A search of PubMed, Embase, CINHAL, The Cochrane Library (Trials), Web of Science, and PEDro were conducted up until May 2023. Methods Two independent reviewers selected studies for population (patients with stroke), predictive factors (physical functioning), outcome (discharge destination), setting (inpatient rehabilitation), and study designs (observational and experimental studies). Predictive factors were identified among assessments of the “body function” and “activity” components of the International Classification of Functioning. Methodological quality was assessed with the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. The findings used quantitative and narrative syntheses. Meta-analyses were performed with the inverse variance method and the random-effects model using included studies with sufficient data. Results Forty-five studies were included with 204,787 participants. Included studies assessed the association of independence in activities of daily living, walking, rolling, transferring, and balance on admission with a probability of returning home. Motor (odds ratio = 1.23, 95% confidence interval: 1.12–1.35, p < .001) and total (odds ratio = 1.34, 95% confidence interval: 1.14–1.57, p < .001) Functional Independence Measure scores on admission were significantly associated with home discharge in meta-analyses. Additionally, included studies showed that independence in motor activities, such as sitting, transferring, and walking, and scores above thresholds for the Functional Independence Measure and Berg Balance Scale on admission were associated with discharge destination. Conclusion This review showed that higher independence in activities of daily living on admission is associated with home discharge after inpatient stroke rehabilitation.

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