Association of environmental factors with levels of home and community participation in an adult rehabilitation cohort.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether home and community environmental barriers and facilitators are predictors of social and home participation and community participation at 1 and 6 months after discharge from an acute care or inpatient rehabilitation hospital. DESIGN: Cohort study. SETTING: Postacute care. PARTICIPANTS: Adults (N=342) age 18 years or older with a diagnosis of complex medical, orthopedic, or neurologic condition recruited from acute care and inpatient rehabilitation facilities. The mean age +/- standard deviation of participants was 68+/-14 years; 49% were women and 92% were white. INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Participation in social, home and community affairs as assessed with the Participation Measure for Post-Acute Care. RESULTS: Adjusting for covariates, 1 month after discharge a greater presence of home mobility barriers (P<.01) was associated with less social and home participation; whereas greater community mobility barriers (P<.01) and more social support (P<.001) were associated with greater participation. At 6 months, social support was the only environmental factor associated with participation after adjusting for covariates. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides new empirical evidence that environmental barriers and facilitators do influence participation in a general rehabilitation cohort, at least in the short term.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Keysor, JJ; Jette, AM; Coster, W; Bettger, JP; Haley, SM
Published Date
- December 2006
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 87 / 12
Start / End Page
- 1566 - 1575
PubMed ID
- 17141635
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0003-9993
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.08.347
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States