Author(s)

Jessica Vollertsen^1,2, Kersti Samuelsson³

¹Department of Rehabilitation and Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Motala, Sweden.
²Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden.
³Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.

Objective: This study describes the development and use of a specific database supporting personnel within outpatient neurological rehabilitation to reflect on existing interventions and improve future rehabilitation. Methods: Five outpatient rehabilitation centres in one county council in Sweden were involved in developing and implementing a systematic data collection template within the existing digital medical record system. Data were collected to get more information on the effects of outpatient stroke rehabilitation in patients who received rehabilitation the first year after a stroke (ICD-I64) and patients who received further rehabilitation 1 year or more after a stroke (ICD-I69). Data analysis included evaluation of balance, movement, activity/participation, health-related quality of life, and self-rated health. Results: The ICD-I64 group had positive results after treatment (p < 0.05) for all variables and the ICD-I69 group had positive results for balance and activity/participation. Conclusions: The use of systematic data collection provided a platform for employees and managers to discuss and use clinical results to improve the type and quality of rehabilitation interventions.

Neurological Rehabilitation, Occupational Therapy, Quality Improvement, Stroke

Vollertsen, J. and Samuelsson, K. (2016) Building up Systematic Client-Centred Data as a Base for Clinical Outcome within Outpatient Neurorehabilitation. Open Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 4, 10-21. doi: 10.4236/ojtr.2016.41002.