A cross-sectional survey of consistent rehabilitation through long-term care insurance in Japan : a questionnaire survey

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There seems to be a lack of consistency of maintenance/community-based rehabilitation through long-term care insurance. We aimed to clarify whether consistent rehabilitation can be performed through long-term care insurance by questionnaires.

Materials and Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study in a nationwide survey among rehabilitation staff and care recipients who completed disease-specific rehabilitation and required maintenance/community-based rehabilitation through long-term care insurance. Consistency of rehabilitation was compared using Fisher's exact tests. The concordance of the rehabilitation evaluation and treatment conducted under medical and long-term care insurance was assessed using the κ coefficient.

Results: Six hundred questionnaires from care recipients and staff were analyzed. Of the rehabilitation staff, 264 (44%) obtained rehabilitation plans from medical institutions. There was a significant difference between the responses of "referral from the same medical corporation" and "obtaining the rehabilitation plan" by Fisher's exact test (odds ratio: 3.242; P<0.001). Most rehabilitation treatments under medical insurance comprised walking or training with parallel rods/canes [498 patients (83%)], and 454 patients (76%) received stretching and range-of-motion training for the limbs and spine for long-term care insurance. Muscle strength evaluation was the most frequently conducted under medical and long-term care insurance [383 (73%) and 487 (83%), respectively]. The concordance of the evaluation and treatment content, except for disease-specific evaluation, was low (κ coefficient≤0.6).

Conclusions: The rate of provision of rehabilitation plans was low, and evaluation and treatment content under medical and long-term care insurance was inconsistent. Our results draw attention to the need for consistent rehabilitation plans between disease-specific and maintenance/community-based rehabilitation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:85

Enthalten in:

Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) - 85(2023), 1 vom: 29. Jan., Seite 17-23

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Asaeda, Makoto [VerfasserIn]
Mikami, Yukio [VerfasserIn]
Nishimura, Yukihide [VerfasserIn]
Shimokawa, Toshio [VerfasserIn]
Shinohara, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Kawasaki, Takashi [VerfasserIn]
Kouda, Ken [VerfasserIn]
Ogawa, Takahiro [VerfasserIn]
Okawa, Hiroyuki [VerfasserIn]
Uenishi, Hiroyasu [VerfasserIn]
Kuroda, Rumi [VerfasserIn]
Mikami, Yasuo [VerfasserIn]
Tajima, Fumihiro [VerfasserIn]
Kubo, Toshikazu [VerfasserIn]

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Community health services
Journal Article
Questionnaires
Rehabilitation medicine
Surveys

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Date Revised 07.02.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/MS9.0000000000000199

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM352521333