Effect of Age and Gender on Functional Disability in Stroke Patients

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Objective: This study was planned with the aim of searching the relation between functional disability and age and gender in cases at three months following stroke. Material Method: As a collecting device a questionnaire form developed by researcher was used to obtain information about the patients' age, gender, marital status, education, job, comorbidity, stroke type, localization etc. Functional evaluations of stroke cases were performed by functional independence measure (FIM). Results: No statistical difference was found between the age groups according to FIM cognitive elevation, lesion side, lesion type and gender of the cases (p>0,05).There was difference between age groups in terms of education (p=0.01), FIM motor and FIM total (p=0,02), evaluations. There was no difference betwen the genders in terms of age, lesion side, lesion type and FIM cognitive (p>0.05). Between the genders there was difference in terms of education (p=0.00), FIM motor (p=0.04) and FIM total (p=0.01). There was a significant relation between FIM total (r=-0,276, p=0.02) and FIM motor (r=-0,289, p=0.01) evaluations and age. Conclusion: Functional disability in female stroke patients and older age are prominent. Key words: Stroke, Age, Gender, Functional disability

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Stroke, Age, Gender, Functional disability

İnme Hastalarında Yaş ve Cinsiyetin Fonksiyonel Yetersizlik Üzerine Olan Etkisi

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Amaç: İnme sonrası üçüncü ayda olan olgularda, yaş ve cinsiyet ile fonksiyonel yetersizlik arasındaki ilişkiyi araştırmak amacı ile çalışma planlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Veri toplama aracı olarak; araştırmacı tarafından geliştirilen ve hastanın yaşı, cinsiyeti, medeni durumu, eğitimi, mesleği, dahili hastalıkları, inme tipi, lokalizasyonu vb. bilgileri almak amacıyla oluşturulan bir anket formu kullanılmıştır. İnme olgularının, fonksiyonel değerlendirmeleri, fonksiyonel bağımsızlık ölçeği (FIM) ile yapılmıştır. Bulgular: Olguların, cinsiyet, lezyon tipi, lezyon tarafı ve FIM kognitife göre, yaş grupları arasında istatistiksel açıdan fark bulunmamıştır (p>0,05). Yaş grupları arasında, eğitim (p=0,01), FIM motor ve FIM total (p=0,02) değerlendirmeleri açısından fark bulunmuştur. Yaş, lezyon tarafı, lezyon tipi ve FIM kognitif açısından cinsiyetler arasında fark bulunmamıştır (p>0,05). Cinsiyetler arasında, eğitim (p=0,00), FIM motor (p=0,04) ve FIM total (p=0,01) değerlendirmeleri açısından fark bulunmuştur. Yaş ve FIM motor (r=-0,289, p=0,01) , FIM total (r=-0,276, p=0,02) değerlendirmeleri arasında anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmuştur. Sonuç: İleri yaşlarda ve bayan inme hastalarında fonksiyonel yetersizlik daha fazladır. Anahtar kelimeler: İnme, Yaş, Cinsiyet, Fonksiyonel yetersizlik

Anahtar Kelimeler

• İnme, Yaş, Cinsiyet, Fonksiyonel yetersizlik

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