Uso de cucharas con mango engrosado en la mejora del desempeño para la alimentación en pacientes con artritis reumatoide

IF 0.5 Q3 Health Professions

Revista Colombiana de Reumatologia Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2024-09-05 DOI:10.1016/j.rcreu.2024.07.004

Kaori Mitchell Gil-Rivasplata, Valeria Katiuska Rojas-Del Aguila, Carlos Manuel Escobar-Galindo, Jesús Martin Trinidad-López

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Abstract

Introduction/objective

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) primarily affects the hand joints, limiting independence for feeding and requiring the use of assistive technology. The thickening of the handles on the spoon is used as a treatment strategy. However, few studies address how much it helps in RA. Therefore, the study aimed to determine the effect of the use of thickened handle spoons on time, performance quality, and perceived hand effort in the improvement of feeding in users simulating RA with restricted han

d movements.

Materials and methods

A quasi-experimental design was used in which RA was simulated with a simulator glove, comparing feeding experiences with regular spoons.

Results

Using spoons with thickened handles had statistically significant effects on the reduction of perceived effort when eating different foods (p = .005); however, there was no significant difference between the number of times food was dropped and the time to complete the activity (p = .78).

Conclusions

Spoons with thickened handles reduce the level of perceived effort, which allows for better joint protection and pain management. It also equals the time and efficiency of eating with a conventional spoon.

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使用芒果增稠勺改善类风湿性关节炎患者的喂养效果

类风湿性关节炎（RA）主要影响手部关节，限制进食的独立性，需要使用辅助技术。加厚勺子上的把手是一种治疗策略。然而，很少有研究表明它对类风湿关节炎有多大帮助。因此，本研究旨在确定使用加厚手柄勺子对时间、表现质量和感知手部努力的影响，以改善模拟RA的手部运动受限用户的喂养。材料与方法采用准实验设计，用模拟手套模拟RA，比较常规调羹的喂养体验。结果使用粗柄勺子对减少吃不同食物时的感知努力有统计学意义（p = 0.005）；然而，在食物掉落的次数和完成活动的时间之间没有显著差异（p = .78）。结论：手柄加厚的勺子可以减少感知力度，从而更好地保护关节和控制疼痛。它也相当于用传统勺子吃饭的时间和效率。

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Revista Colombiana de Reumatologia Medicine-Rheumatology

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期刊介绍： The Colombian Journal of Rheumatology (Revista Colombiana de Reumatología) is the official organ of the Colombian Association of Rheumatology (Asociación Colombiana de Reumatología) and the Central American, Caribbean and Andean Association of Rheumatology (Asociación Centroamericana Caribe Andina de Reumatología) - ACCA. It was created in December 1993 with the purpose of disseminating scientific information derived from primary and secondary research and presenting cases coming from the practice of Rheumatology in Latin America. Since its foundation, the Journal has been characterized by its plurality with subjects of all rheumatic and osteomuscular pathologies, in the form of original articles, historical articles, economic evaluations, and articles of reflection and education in Medicine. It covers an extensive area of topics ranging from the broad spectrum of the clinical aspects of rheumatology and related areas in autoimmunity (both in pediatric and adult pathologies), to aspects of basic sciences. It is an academic tool for the different members of the academic and scientific community at their different levels of training, from undergraduate to post-doctoral degrees, managing to integrate all actors inter and trans disciplinarily. It is intended for rheumatologists, general internists, specialists in related areas, and general practitioners in the country and abroad. It has become an important space in the work of all rheumatologists from Central and South America.