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Received July 2, 2015 Accepted September 30, 2015 Convalescent rehabilitation wards aim to prevent patients from becoming bedridden and shorten hospital stay duration through the use of intensive rehabilitation programs. Convalescence at home requires patients to self-administer medications. Cerebrovascular disease is commonly accompanied by higher order brain dysfunction and paralysis in the upper extremities. As it can often be challenging for pharmacists alone to evaluate the ability of a patient to selfadminister medications, we evaluated factors affecting the ability of patients with cerebrovascular disease to selfadminister following the use of multidisciplinary initiatives at our institution. We included 113 inpatients in this study. Significant differences in cognitive function evaluation scores and the proportion of patients discharged were found between patients that were and were not able to self-administer, with no significant difference in paralysis in the upper extremities. These results indicate that cognitive function evaluation, but not the presence of upper limb paralysis, may have utility as an index in determining the ability of cerebrovascular disease patients to self-administer medications.

Factors Affecting the Ability of Patients with Cerebrovascular Disease in Convalescent Rehabilitation Wards to Self-administer Medications