ArticleBMC neurology2023
Post-stroke limitations in daily activities: experience from a tertiary care hospital in Ethiopia.
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- Association Between Peripheral IL-6 Levels in the Acute Stage of Stroke and Poststroke Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Brain and behavior · 2026Pooled it
- Optimizing physical fitness in chronic stroke patients: the impact of exercise training modality and dosage on maximal and sub-maximal fitness - a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Association between post-stroke depression and functional outcomes: A systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of Virtual Reality-Based Task-Oriented Training for Enhancing Motor Function and Activities of Daily Living in Patients With Subacute Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026Trial
- Access to stroke rehabilitation services for patients discharged from the Mulago National Referral Hospital Neurology unit, Kampala-Uganda: a mixed-methods study.Frontiers in stroke · 2026Article
- Facilitators and barriers of life-space mobility in older adults with ischemic stroke: a descriptive qualitative study based on the COM-B.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The Impact of Post-Stroke Disability on Rehabilitation Costs in Romania.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Magnitude of multimorbidity and associated factors among stroke survivors in public hospitals of Ethiopia.Journal of multimorbidity and comorbidityArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe disability of stroke patients remains an important global health problem; yet information on the extent of restriction from basic and instrumental activities of daily living is limited, particularly in lower-and middle-income (LMIC) countries. Therefore, we examined the issue under the caption, since it is the first step in planning several rehabilitation services.
methodA facility-based cross-sectional study was done to assess the magnitude and predictors of post-stroke limitations in basic activities of daily living (BADL) using the Barthel Index (BI) scale and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) using the Frenchay Activities Index (FAI) scale among patients who visited Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Neurology Clinic from April-October, 2022. All patients having a diagnosis of stroke for more than six months duration were enrolled. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were done, and measures of estimated crude and adjusted odds ratio with 95% CI were constructed and a p-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. The results are presented in figures and tables.
resultsA total of 150 stroke patients were enrolled in the present study. The mean age of participants was 53 (14.9) years with slight male preponderance (51.3%). Ischemic stroke was present in 106 (70.7%) of them, while 44 (29.3%) had hemorrhagic stroke. Of this, 57 (38%) and 115 (79.3%) of them had limitations in basic and instrumental ADL, respectively. Comorbid cardiac disease (AOR = 6.9; 95%CI = 1.3-37.5) and regular substance use (AOR = 11.1; 95%CI = 1.1-115) were associated with limitations in BADL, while an increase in age (AOR = 1.1; 95%CI = 1.04-1.15) was associated with severe limitations in BADL. Initial stroke severity (AOR = 7.3; 95%CI = 1.2-44.7) was associated with limitations in IADL, whereas depression (AOR = 5.1; 95%CI = 1.1-23.2) was identified as a predictor of severe limitation in IADL.
conclusionLimitation in activities of daily living (ADL) after stroke is common among Ethiopian patients. Therefore, screening for post-stroke limitations in daily activities is essential for further management and rehabilitative plans.
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