Analysis reveals significant discharge FIM score differences in traumatic brain injury patients, suggesting important implications for rehabilitation outcomes.
FIM Gains, age, and LOS appear to have smaller effects on discharge disposition than Discharge FIM scores. Of the outcome measures examined, discharge FIM for walking/wheelchair-locomotion and bed/chair/wheelchair transfers-showed the largest group differences associated with discharge to the community followed by Discharge-FIM for bladder-management/sphincter control and cognitive-skills-subtotal score.
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