Chamberlain M A, Thornley G, Stowe J, Wright V
Rheumatol Rehabil. 1981 Feb 1;20(1):38-43. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/20.1.38.
One hundred patients needing bath aids is leaving Leeds hospitals in 1978 were randomly allocated into control and treated groups. The former 50 patients received aids through the usual channels, the latter obtained bath aids immediately on discharge and were instructed in their use at home by the peripatetic occupational therapist. All were assessed independently at three to six months. Prompt, correct prescription of aids and supervision of their use in bathing shortly after discharge by a hospital-based occupational therapist resulted in safe bathing by all treated subjects. In contrast, only 82% of controls bathed, 50% of these from the seated position (compared with 90% of the treated group) and only 39% of controls received their aids within two weeks of discharge (compared with 74% of the treated group).
1978年，100名需要沐浴辅助器具的患者从利兹医院出院，他们被随机分为对照组和治疗组。前50名患者通过常规渠道获得辅助器具，后50名患者在出院时立即得到沐浴辅助器具，并由巡回职业治疗师指导其在家中使用。所有患者在三到六个月时接受独立评估。由医院职业治疗师在出院后不久迅速、正确地开具辅助器具处方并监督其在沐浴中的使用，使得所有接受治疗的患者都能安全沐浴。相比之下，对照组只有82%的患者进行了沐浴，其中50%是坐着沐浴（治疗组为90%），只有39%的对照组患者在出院两周内收到辅助器具（治疗组为74%）。
