推动沙特阿拉伯实施防摔计划:评估社区老年妇女对跌倒风险的认识和看法
1Department of Health Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, 11433, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. malmarwani@ksu.edu.sa.
BMC geriatrics
|August 8, 2024
概括
跌倒和害怕跌倒是老年沙特妇女的重大公共卫生问题. 虽然对跌倒风险的了解一般很好,但存在意识差距,需要多维预防策略和改善健康结果.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 沙特阿拉伯面临着日益老龄化的人口,在社区居住的老年人中,跌倒和跌倒恐惧 (FOF) 的流行率正在增加.
- 布和FOF构成重大公共卫生挑战,需要对风险因素和感知进行研究.
- 了解跌倒风险对于制定有针对性的干预措施来改善老年人的福祉至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查沙特阿拉伯社区老年妇女对跌倒风险的认识和看法.
- 确定与摔倒和衰老相关的特定知识缺口和误解.
- 为制定有效的防摔策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及150名沙特老年女性 (平均年龄为63.98岁) 的横截面研究.
- 通过面试官管理的调查问卷收集数据,评估跌倒史,知识,感知和功能状态 (FES-I,TUG,Barthel指数).
- 利用翻译的阿拉伯语陈述来评估秋季知识和感知.
主要成果:
- 近一半的参与者报告说,在过去12个月中至少有一次跌倒.
- 虽然跌倒的知识总体上很好,但注意到意识差距,特别是关于跌倒后的社会隔离.
- 恐惧跌倒 (FOF) 普遍存在,特别是在没有跌倒史的女性中更高;观察到对预防计划的积极看法与对衰老和跌倒的误解一起.
结论:
- 多维策略对于减轻老年沙特女性的跌倒和FOF至关重要.
- 应利用现有的知识和感知来实施基于证据的干预措施,减少跌倒负担和改善健康.
- 未来的研究应该探索多样化的人口和在沙特医疗保健系统中整合防摔计划.
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