We have observed that @entity1 who suffer from @entity1158 after a @entity64 , tend to remove their clothes although it is not necessary to change them while they are in hospital. Not only does this activity make it difficult to manage the ward and carry out rehabilitation, but it also often becomes problematic for home care once the @entity1 has been discharged from hospital. However, there have been no previous reports on this activity. In this study, we examined the characteristics pertaining to clothes removal in @entity2795 @entity1 under home care. The subjects were chronic-stage, @entity64 @entity2795 @entity1 hospitalized in the rehabilitation ward of this hospital since the first initial @entity410 . Once it was established that environmental factors, such as room temperature, were not the primary reason for the @entity1 to try to remove their clothes, the @entity1 were closely monitored and the circumstances under which they tried to remove their clothes (location, time and type of clothes removed) were recorded to examine the relationship among age, sex, side affected by @entity912 , higher cortical function, motor @entity912 and ADL. Thirty-five percent of the @entity1 , mostly @entity1 , usually tried to remove their clothes and the tendency was for them to incompletely remove their tops without reason while they were confined to bed or sitting on the bed. This activity was also prevalent among @entity1 with accompanying diminished intellectual function, left @entity1158 , and left unilateral spatial @entity1054 . The acquired level of ADL by FIM in the group in which this activity was observed was low, except regarding meals. Thus, it was inferred that in @entity64 @entity2795 @entity1 being taken care of at home the removal of clothes was related to a diminished intellectual function or ADL, which suggested the importance of family guidance based on observations of the @entity1 's behavior in the ward. Targeting a greater number of subjects, we would like to conduct further studies on home-care measures to deal with this activity.

[Characteristics of XXXX outpatients with @entity64 who try to remove their clothes unnecessarily].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity1158 :: ('MESH:D006429', 'Disease') :: ['hemiplegia'] @entity410 :: ('MESH:D012640', 'Disease') :: ['seizure'] @entity64 :: ('MESH:D020521', 'Disease') :: ['stroke', 'cerebral stroke'] @entity2795 :: ('MESH:D020325', 'Disease') :: ['hemiplegic'] @entity1054 :: ('MESH:D000377', 'Disease') :: ['agnosia'] @entity912 :: ('MESH:D010243', 'Disease') :: ['paralysis']
@entity2795 :: (MESH:D020325,Disease) :: ['hemiplegic']
