The purposes of this study were to determine the time of the recovery of poststroke life habits and to identify prognostic indicators associated with recovery time among stroke patients in a rehabilitation program. A sample of 421 stroke patients who were admitted to a rehabilitation center was recruited from medical records available from January 1987 to December 1992. The relation between the achievement of independent life habits including bed mobility, transfers and ambulation, bathing activities, dressing activities, eating activities, home activities, sphincter control, and sleep with the potential covariates associated with recovery time was assessed through the analysis of survival data using the Cox maximum-likelihood proportional hazard models. The poststroke life habits obtained generated mean recovery times ranging from 5.51 to 57.60 days from admission to rehabilitation. The survival analysis revealed that the recovery time of the selected poststroke abilities was significantly influenced (p <.05) by one or several indicators; these included physical ability and neuropsychological and life habit characteristics. With this precious information, stroke rehabilitation specialists may be able to reduce the length of time required to recover independent poststroke life habits by treating the specific neuropsychological, physical, and life habit characteristics identified in this study. A faster poststroke recovery would reduce the socioeconomic impact generated by stroke disability and would also ensure a better quality of life to the stroke survivor.
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