长期护理人口中脊椎疼痛物理治疗的利用和潜在差异
Rachel A Prusynski1, Laura S Gold2, Sean D Rundell3
1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of Physical Therapy, University of Washington, Seattle WA; Department of Health Services and Population Health, University of Washington Seattle, WA.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
|June 12, 2024
概括
近一半的长期护理居民有脊柱疼痛史接受了物理治疗 (PT),但大多数PT不是因为脊柱问题. 对于少数群体和城市,贫困地区的人来说,PT访问存在差异.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 康复医学 康复医学 康复医学
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 脊柱疼痛是一种常见的疾病,影响长期护理 (LTC) 环境中的个人.
- 物理治疗 (PT) 是管理脊柱疼痛和改善功能的关键干预措施.
- 了解PT利用率和LTC的接入差异对于优化护理至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定在LTC环境中居住的有脊椎疼痛病史的医疗保险收费服务受益人的物理治疗 (PT) 服务的频率.
- 在这个弱势群体中识别接受PT的潜在差异.
- 探索与脊椎疼痛的LTC居民PT利用相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 2017-2019年医疗保险行政数据的二次横截面分析.
- 使用经过验证的算法识别LTC居民.
- 多变量后勤回归用于评估与接收PT相关的因素.
主要成果:
- 近一半 (49.6%) 的LTC居民有脊椎疼痛史接受PT.
- 只有12.1%的PT发作是专门用于脊柱疼痛治疗的.
- 获得PT与疼痛复杂性,住院患者入院和人口/社会经济变量等因素有关,显示少数群体和城市/贫困地区居民之间的差异.
结论:
- 虽然有很大一部分患有脊椎疼痛的LTC居民接受PT,但大多数这些服务不是针对脊椎相关的疾病.
- 来自少数种族/族裔群体的居民以及城市或社会经济贫困地区的居民在PT接入方面存在差异.
- 需要进一步的研究来检查PT的结果,并解决在LTC中有效管理脊柱疼痛的障碍.
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