在慢性疼痛的老年人中利用疼痛治疗和管理方法
Martin Ringsten1, Ulf Jakobsson2
1Department of Health Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
概括
老年人经常使用被动止痛方法,如休息和药物治疗,但效果差异很大. 这项研究调查了老年人疼痛管理策略,揭示了各种方法,没有一种方法证明优越.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 疼痛管理 疼痛管理
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 慢性疼痛影响了大部分老年人,影响了他们的健康和生活质量.
- 有效的疼痛管理对这一人口群体至关重要,但目前的利用和方法的有效性被认为是研究不足的.
研究的目的:
- 调查老年人使用的疼痛管理策略.
- 在这个人群中评估各种疼痛缓解方法的感知有效性.
主要方法:
- 在瑞典,一项调查分发给2000名65岁以上的个人.
- 分析了1,141名参与者的可用反应,其中433人报告慢性疼痛并完成了疼痛管理库存.
主要成果:
- 在接受调查的老年人中,慢性疼痛的患病率为38%.
- 大多数使用的方法包括休息 (60%),分心 (53%) 和药物 (72%). 身体活动是最常见的积极治疗方法 (52%).
- 在不同的方法中,感知到的有效性有很大差异,没有一种方法在平均水平上显示出更高的有效性.
结论:
- 研究结果强调了老年人常用的被动疼痛管理技术和药物治疗.
- 这种多样化的感知有效性表明临床医生需要为这一群体探索多样化或替代性疼痛管理策略.
- 未来的研究应该检查当前患者实践与慢性疼痛管理临床建议的协调性.
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