Improved Underpants to Help Hemiplegic Stroke Patients with Toileting : Investigation of the Usefulness of Underpants with a Crotch Openable with a Single Arm While Sitting

フォーマット:

論文

責任表示:

Koike, Yuji ; Tsushima, Hitoshi

言語:

英語

出版情報:

弘前大学大学院医学研究科・弘前医学会, 2015-04-06

著者名:

• Koike, Yuji
• Tsushima, Hitoshi

掲載情報:

弘前医学

ISSN:

0439-1721      

巻:

66

通号:

1

開始ページ:

73

終了ページ:

82

バージョン:

publisher

概要:

Objectives: We investigated the usefulness of “open-crotch underpants for single-arm manipulation” developed to facilitate toileting in stroke patients requiring help because of impaired standing balance. Methods: The subjects w … ere stroke patients allocated to two groups （independent and dependent）. The study consisted of two parts. In Step 1, the degrees of crotch opening and exposure of the genital and anal area were evaluated. In Step 2, after manipulating the underpants, subjects excreted and their underpants were visually examined for soiling. In addition, subjects rated satisfaction with toileting. Results: The Step-1 results showed that subjects in both groups had a significantly larger opening after the crotchopening task than before it, suggesting that there was sufficient exposure of the genital and anal area. The Step-2 experiments revealed no soiling of underpants through excretion. Satisfaction with toileting was significantly higher with unassisted toileting using the underpants than with assisted toileting. Conclusion: This study demonstrated the usefulness of these “open-crotch underpants for single-arm manipulation”, particularly for dependent hemiplegic patients. 続きを見る

URL:

http://hdl.handle.net/10129/5565