A study on the potential in resuming work of post stroke patients from DLSUMC and JPNMRC

Date of Completion

2002

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy

Keywords

Stroke, Employment, Rehabilitation Centers

Abstract

The study aimed to answer the following objectives: (1) To determine the profile of the respondents according to Age and Sex; (2) To determine the Physical Examination findings of the respondents according to MMT and ADL; (3) To determine the functional outcome or potential of a post stroke patient in resuming work based on MMT and ADL findings. The study used the descriptive type of research which utilized document analysis. A survey questionnaire written in Filipino was used to gather data regarding the topic. It contains the general data such as patients name, sex, address status, and occupation. It also includes the Physical Therapy programs they have undergone and their compliance to it and ability to return to their respective work. Patients records from May to November 31, 2001 of DLSUMC and JPNMRC centers were gathered and reviewed to obtain a list of post stroke patients. Individual charts of these patients were examined and only those that complied with the criteria were subsequently included in the study. Data were calculated, tabulated, organized and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The responses for each area of the evaluation tool were tallied and organized according to their frequency percentage. Based on the results from the 15 subjects, post stroke patients with ages ranges from 41-50 had the highest percentage and most of these subjects were male. Based on the results of the MMT findings majority of the subjects can either be ranked as Moderately Functional or Low Functional with a percentage of 33%, and only 14% were considered to be Highly Functional. In terms of ADL of the subjects majority were Partially Dependent and the others would either be Independent or Totally Dependent, With the use of the determinants namely MMT and ADL findings the potential of the 15 subjects were only graded as Fair potential.

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