Deans' stroke musings: Technology-assisted toilets: Improving independence and hygiene in stroke rehabilitation

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

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My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Technology-assisted toilets: Improving independence and hygiene in stroke rehabilitation

What did you expect? Toilet paper doesn't clean you, it just smears the feces around your ass. Where do you think dingleberries come from?

Technology-assisted toilets: Improving independence and hygiene in stroke rehabilitation

Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering , Volume 4 , Pgs. 1-8.

NARIC Accession Number: J81658. What's this?
ISSN: 2055-6683.
Author(s): Yachnin, David; Gharib, Georges; Jutai, Jeffrey; Finestone, Hillel.
Publication Year: 2017.
Number of Pages: 8.
Abstract: Study investigated the effectiveness of technology-assisted toilets (TATs) and their impact on psychosocial outcomes. The objective was to determine whether TATs improve toileting independence, quality of life, and whether TATs can provide sufficient toileting hygiene in stroke rehabilitation. TATs are commercially available toilet seats that clean the user with a stream of water and dry the perineal area with a fan. This pilot study was carried out in a stroke rehabilitation unit. Thirty participants had a bowel movement and cleaned themselves using the TAT on one to three occasions. Participants rated their toileting before using the TAT and after each TAT use with the Psychosocial Impact of Assistive Devices Scale (PIADS). After each session, participants were rated for cleanliness. PIADS scores were analyzed from eight individual participants, five of whom completed the full protocol. PIADS scores were significantly higher with the TAT than with the participants’ regular toileting routine. The TATs cleaned effectively in 73 percent of cases. Results indicate that TATs improved stroke patients’ psychosocial outcomes compared to standard toileting and completely cleaned participants in the majority of cases. A larger study should confirm TAT’s benefit in stroke rehabilitation through improved independence and hygiene.
Descriptor Terms: ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, BATHROOMS, BOWEL FUNCTION, DAILY LIVING, INDEPENDENT LIVING, PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS, REHABILITATION, SELF CARE, STROKE.

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Citation: Yachnin, David, Gharib, Georges, Jutai, Jeffrey, Finestone, Hillel. (2017). Technology-assisted toilets: Improving independence and hygiene in stroke rehabilitation. Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering , 4, Pgs. 1-8. Retrieved 10/22/2019, from REHABDATA database.