Family member knowledge and expectations for functional recovery after XXXX .

@entity1 @entity64 @entity1779 @entity1188
OBJECTIVE: To assess the @entity64 knowledge and expectations for recovery among the family members of @entity64 @entity1 in an acute rehabilitation hospital. DESIGN: Survey study of 50 family members of @entity64 @entity1 undergoing inpatient rehabilitation at a single urban rehabilitation hospital. RESULTS: Sixty percent of @entity1 were able to identify whether their family member had sustained a @entity1779 or @entity1188 ; 48% were able to identify at least one treatment provided to their family member for his or her @entity64 . The average length of stay predicted by @entity1 closely matched the average @entity1 length of stay. @entity1 tended to overestimate the functional abilities of their family member with a @entity64 , both on initial assessment and discharge. This overestimation was more substantial for discharge functional ability than for initial assessment. @entity1 were able to predict discharge location with substantial accuracy (82% agreement, kappa = 0.41). CONCLUSIONS: The knowledge of @entity64 etiology and functional outcome of family members of individuals undergoing rehabilitation after @entity64 shows significant limitations. @entity1 ' ability to predict functional outcome on discharge was worse than their knowledge of current functional status. @entity1 predictions of length of stay and discharge disposition were areas of relative strength. Further efforts are needed to enhance the knowledge level of family members of @entity1 undergoing rehabilitation after @entity64 .
