对非常脆弱的养老院居民进行体力康复的随机试验
C D Mulrow1, M B Gerety, D Kanten
1Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital, San Antonio, TX 78284.
JAMA
|February 16, 1994
概括
物理治疗 (PT) 为脆弱的养老院居民提供了适度的移动性改善. 这项研究发现,在这个人群中,PT增强了移动性,但没有提高整体功能或日常生活活动.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 康复医学 康复医学 康复医学
- 老年人的物理治疗.
背景情况:
- 包括物理治疗 (PT) 在内的多学科干预措施有望改善养老院居民的功能.
- 这项研究专门研究PT对脆弱的长期住院住户的影响.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估一个量身定制的,一对一的物理治疗计划的有效性,对于脆弱的,长期住宿的养老院居民.
- 为了在这个人群中比较物理治疗与友好访问的结果.
主要方法:
- 在一个学术和八个社区养老院进行了一项随机对照试验.
- 参与了194名老年居民,他们至少需要从事两项日常生活活动,并且在该设施居住超过3个月.
- 参与者被随机分配,接受个人定制的物理治疗或友好的访问每周三次,持续4个月.
主要成果:
- 物理治疗组在身体残疾指数的移动性子表中显示出显著的15.5%的改善.
- 与对照组相比,整体身体残疾指数,疾病影响概况或日常生活活动得分没有显著改善.
- 物理治疗组在床上移动和运动任务时使用的辅助设备较少,尽管跌倒率没有显著差异.
结论:
- 一个标准化的物理治疗计划可以为非常脆弱的长期住宿养老院居民带来适度的移动性好处.
- 尽管移动性得到改善,但整体功能收益和自我感知健康状况并没有显著改善.
- 这些发现表明,针对性PT干预可能对这种脆弱的老年人群中的特定功能领域有益.
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