Prediction of Advisability of Returning Home Using the Home Care Score

Table 1

Characteristics of the subjects.

	Home	Facility
Number of subjects
Male	38	36
Female	38	36
Age (years)	74.2 ± 10.8	77.7 ± 10.6
Disease/condition
Cerebrovascular disease	48	40
Osteoarticular disease	16	7
Intractable disease	5	3
Respiratory disease	0	6
Senility	0	5
Metabolic disease	1	3
Dementia	2	2
Heart disease	1	2
Spinal cord injury	3	0
Carcinoma	0	2
Gastrointestinal disease	0	2
FIM score	92.5 ± 58	40.5 ± 23.8
HCS	13 ± 11	7 ± 4

FIM, functional independence measure; HCS, home care score.