House Work of Female Stroke Patients.

Abstract

We investigated relation of disability and independency in housework. Objects are 84 women who worked as housekeepers before the onset of stroke. The items of house works which are investigated are cooking, cleaning, washing, and shopping. The results are as follows: 16 women do all items, and 22 women do no items, and 46 women do partial items. According to the statistic evaluation, ability of ambulance and severity of upper extremity function most influence on the ability of house work. And higher cortical dysfunction without severe dementia make a minor influence on the ability. The patients who act as housekeepers have a normal intellectual ability, ability of outdoor walking, and mild damage of upper extremity function. Many women are given assistance by other home members, and many assistance are given if women's ability is lower. (Jpn J Rehabil Med 1999; 36: 644-648)

Factors Associated with the Frequency of Doing Domestic Chores After Mild to Moderate Stroke

“…The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) defined preparing meals and doing housework as domestic chores [10]. Studies in Japan have defined preparing meals, cleaning, washing clothes, and shopping as items of domestic chores because these activities support living [11]. According to the Statistics Bureau of Japan 2017 [12], these are the following characteristics regarding the implementation time for housework among Japanese individuals; women spend more time doing housework than men in all ages; women spend less time doing housework after 65 years of age, while men spend more time doing housework after 65 years of age; people living with a partner spend more time doing housework than people living alone.…”