Exploring Musculoskeletal Injuries Among Informal and Formal Carers of People With Dementia.

IF 1.8 4区医学 Q3 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-08 DOI:10.1097/WAD.0000000000000635

Eleni Dimakopoulou, Theodoros M Bampouras, Georgia Katsardi, Georgios Tavoulareas, Maria Karydaki, Maria Theodorelou, Panagiota Zoi, Paraskevi Sakka

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Abstract

Background: Carers of people with dementia manually handle the care recipients (eg, repetitive lifting, transferring, and pulling) as part of the care service, increasing the musculoskeletal injury risk to themselves.

Objective: We aimed to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries among informal and formal carers of people with dementia and the perceived associated risk factors.

Methods: Primary carers of people with dementia (26 males and 141 females) from Dementia Care Centers and Home Care programs completed a questionnaire providing information about (a) the carers' and their care recipients' characteristics, (b) musculoskeletal symptoms (via the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire) and related aspects, and (c) the caregiving activities exposing the carers to risk of musculoskeletal injury.

Results: Our results showed that 69.7% of informal and 86.7% of formal carers reported having more than 1 musculoskeletal injury, while 63.1% and 61.5%, respectively, reported having a musculoskeletal injury in the last year. Lower back had the highest injury prevalence (>10% for both groups). The 2 carer groups were not different in any of the variables.

Conclusions: Our results reinforce calls for education and support of carers, regardless of their formal status, to enable injury-free and prolonged service provision.

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探索痴呆症患者非正式和正式照护者中的肌肉骨骼损伤。

背景：痴呆症患者的照护者在提供照护服务的过程中会手动操作照护对象（例如，重复性的举起、转移和牵拉），这增加了他们自身肌肉骨骼损伤的风险：我们旨在确定痴呆症患者的非正规和正规照护者中肌肉骨骼损伤的发生率以及相关风险因素：来自痴呆症护理中心和家庭护理项目的痴呆症患者的主要照护者（26 名男性和 141 名女性）填写了一份调查问卷，提供了以下方面的信息：（a）照护者及其照护对象的特征；（b）肌肉骨骼症状（通过北欧肌肉骨骼问卷）及相关方面；（c）使照护者面临肌肉骨骼损伤风险的照护活动：结果显示，69.7% 的非正规护理人员和 86.7% 的正规护理人员表示在过去一年中受过一次以上的肌肉骨骼损伤，而 63.1% 和 61.5% 的护理人员表示在过去一年中受过一次肌肉骨骼损伤。腰背部受伤的比例最高（两组均超过 10%）。两组照顾者在任何变量上都没有差异：我们的研究结果进一步呼吁，无论护理人员的正式身份如何，都应为他们提供教育和支持，以确保他们在提供服务时不受伤害并延长服务时间。

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Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders 医学-病理学

CiteScore

3.10

自引率

4.80%

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期刊介绍： Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal directed to an audience of clinicians and researchers, with primary emphasis on Alzheimer disease and associated disorders. The journal publishes original articles emphasizing research in humans including epidemiologic studies, clinical trials and experimental studies, studies of diagnosis and biomarkers, as well as research on the health of persons with dementia and their caregivers. The scientific portion of the journal is augmented by reviews of the current literature, concepts, conjectures, and hypotheses in dementia, brief reports, and letters to the editor.