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Long-Term Care Resident Awareness and Interest in Spasticity Treatments
Spasticity is common in long-term care settings (affecting up to one in three residents), yet it remains under-treated despite safe and effective, Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved therapies. One barrier to treatment may be lack of awareness of available therapies for long-term care reside...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7930982/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33802291 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics6010021 |
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author | Hacker, Mallory L. Putman, Michael S. Gill, Chandler E. Turchan, Maxim Hudson, Taylor S. Currie, Amanda D. Phibbs, Fenna T. Charles, David |
author_facet | Hacker, Mallory L. Putman, Michael S. Gill, Chandler E. Turchan, Maxim Hudson, Taylor S. Currie, Amanda D. Phibbs, Fenna T. Charles, David |
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description | Spasticity is common in long-term care settings (affecting up to one in three residents), yet it remains under-treated despite safe and effective, Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved therapies. One barrier to treatment may be lack of awareness of available therapies for long-term care residents living with spasticity. A standardized spasticity treatment awareness and interest interview was conducted with 18 nursing home residents and 11 veterans’ home residents in this cross-sectional study. Veterans’ home residents were also asked about potential barriers to receiving spasticity treatment. Many residents across both long-term care facilities were unaware of most of the treatment options for spasticity. Participants were most aware of physical/occupational therapy (83%, 95% CI: 65–93%) and least aware of intrathecal baclofen (21%, 95% CI: 9–39%). After learning about treatments, only 7% of participants (95% CI: 0–23%) were not interested in receiving any form of spasticity treatment. Among residents previously unaware of spasticity treatments, at least one quarter became interested in receiving treatment and at least one-fifth indicated possibly being interested in the treatment after learning about it. Potential barriers to receiving treatment included traveling to see a doctor and limited knowledge of insurance coverage of spasticity treatments. These results suggest that patient-centered approaches, including education and discerning patient preferences, may improve spasticity treatment in long-term care settings. |
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spelling | pubmed-79309822021-03-05 Long-Term Care Resident Awareness and Interest in Spasticity Treatments Hacker, Mallory L. Putman, Michael S. Gill, Chandler E. Turchan, Maxim Hudson, Taylor S. Currie, Amanda D. Phibbs, Fenna T. Charles, David Geriatrics (Basel) Article Spasticity is common in long-term care settings (affecting up to one in three residents), yet it remains under-treated despite safe and effective, Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved therapies. One barrier to treatment may be lack of awareness of available therapies for long-term care residents living with spasticity. A standardized spasticity treatment awareness and interest interview was conducted with 18 nursing home residents and 11 veterans’ home residents in this cross-sectional study. Veterans’ home residents were also asked about potential barriers to receiving spasticity treatment. Many residents across both long-term care facilities were unaware of most of the treatment options for spasticity. Participants were most aware of physical/occupational therapy (83%, 95% CI: 65–93%) and least aware of intrathecal baclofen (21%, 95% CI: 9–39%). After learning about treatments, only 7% of participants (95% CI: 0–23%) were not interested in receiving any form of spasticity treatment. Among residents previously unaware of spasticity treatments, at least one quarter became interested in receiving treatment and at least one-fifth indicated possibly being interested in the treatment after learning about it. Potential barriers to receiving treatment included traveling to see a doctor and limited knowledge of insurance coverage of spasticity treatments. These results suggest that patient-centered approaches, including education and discerning patient preferences, may improve spasticity treatment in long-term care settings. MDPI 2021-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7930982/ /pubmed/33802291 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics6010021 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Hacker, Mallory L. Putman, Michael S. Gill, Chandler E. Turchan, Maxim Hudson, Taylor S. Currie, Amanda D. Phibbs, Fenna T. Charles, David Long-Term Care Resident Awareness and Interest in Spasticity Treatments |
title | Long-Term Care Resident Awareness and Interest in Spasticity Treatments |
title_full | Long-Term Care Resident Awareness and Interest in Spasticity Treatments |
title_fullStr | Long-Term Care Resident Awareness and Interest in Spasticity Treatments |
title_full_unstemmed | Long-Term Care Resident Awareness and Interest in Spasticity Treatments |
title_short | Long-Term Care Resident Awareness and Interest in Spasticity Treatments |
title_sort | long-term care resident awareness and interest in spasticity treatments |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7930982/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33802291 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics6010021 |
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