FIM item Admission Mean (sd) Discharge Mean (sd) p* 95% CI
Eating 6.12 (1.50) 6.38 (1.21) 0.0712 -0.55 to 0.02
Grooming 5.47 (1.56) 6.03 (1.53) 0.0002 -0.84 to -0.27
Bathing 4.57 (1.65) 5.36 (1.86) 0.0001 -1.11 to -0.49
Dressing upper 5.03 (1.83) 5.68 (1.85) 0.0004 -1.00 to -0.30
Dressing lower 4.30 (2.06) 5.29 (1.89) 0.0001 -1.38 to -0.60
Toileting 5.05 (1.84) 5.66 (1.86) 0.0007 -0.95 to -0.26
Bladder 5.88 (1.72) 6.00 (1.71) 0.4452 -0.43 to 0.19
Bowel 5.76 (1.68) 5.88 (1.59) 0.4595 -0.45 to 0.20
Transfer bed/chair 4.55 (2.05) 5.48 (1.88) 0.0001 -1.38 to -0.50
Transfer toilet 4.32 (2.01) 5.41 (1.87) 0.0001 -1.53 to -0.66
Transfer Tub 4.29 (2.05) 5.35 (1.92) 0.0001 -1.50 to -0.62
Walk 3.49 (2.23) 5.23 (2.00) <0.0001 -2.23 to -1.24
Stair 1.53 (1.57) 4.38 (2.26) <0.0001 -3.33 to -2.39
Comprehension 6.72 (0.86) 6.76 (0.69) 0.6081 -0.20 to 0.12
Expression 6.61 (0.95) 6.63 (0.84) 0.7745 -0.16 to 0.12
Social 6.68 (0.87) 6.65 (0.85) 0.7199 -0.14 to 0.20
Problem solving 6.41 (1.19) 6.40 (1.16) 0.9133 -0.17 to 0.19
Memory 6.60 (1.00) 6.66 (0.80) 0.3892 -0.20 to 0.08
Table 4: Functional Independence Measure of patients admitted for inpatient rehabilitation following heart or lung transplantation (n=118 admissions).