绘制差距:了解视力障碍老年人职业治疗的需要
Jennifer Kaldenberg1, Stacy Smallfield2, Eugenie Planche3
1Jennifer Kaldenberg, OT, DrPH, MSA, OTR, SCLV, FAOTA, is Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Boston University, Boston, MA; jenmk@bu.edu.
概括
视力障碍 (VI) 影响着数百万美国老年人,但视力康复的职业治疗服务分布不均. 这项研究将VI的患病率与从业人员的可用性进行映射,以确定关键服务缺口.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 职业疗法 职业疗法 职业疗法
背景情况:
- 视力障碍 (VI) 对超过900万65岁及以上的美国人的日常生活产生重大影响.
- 职业治疗为VI患者的功能表现提供了至关重要的支持.
- 目前在全国范围内,对患有VI的老年人提供职业治疗服务的数据有限.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定美国各县的VI的流行率.
- 量化和绘制视力康复认证职业治疗从业者的地理分布.
主要方法:
- 综合估计被用于计算县级老年人VI患病率.
- 地理信息系统 (GIS) 的绘制可视化了VI的患病率,以及视力康复认证的职业治疗师的分布.
主要成果:
- 在美国中部地区发现高度的VI老年人.
- 视力康复专家主要位于东海岸,佛罗里达海岸,德克萨斯州,加利福尼亚州,宾夕法尼亚州和阿拉巴马州.
- 这些专业服务的需求和可用性之间存在很大的地理差异.
结论:
- 目前拥有视力康复专业培训的职业治疗师的分布与VI的老年人的需求不一致.
- 结果可以指导有针对性的服务提供,到达服务不足的地区,以及职业治疗教育.
- 这些数据对于资源分配,劳动力发展以及改善全国范围内的视力康复服务的准入至关重要.
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