Siebens Hilary, Tucker Joseph, Leander Katie
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2004 Sep;85(9):1552-4. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.09.015.
To determine whether a geriatric pocket guide, Geriatrics At Your Fingertips, may be a useful tool in educating physiatrists about the care of their older patients.
Geriatrics At Your Fingertips was distributed through the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) to physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) residents and practicing physiatrists. Two questionnaires evaluated guide use.
Two academic PM&R departments and physiatrists in the United States.
Two PM&R residency programs, members of AAPM&R's Geriatric Rehabilitation Special Interest Group (GR-SIG), and AAPM&R's membership.
Not applicable.
Identification of clinically useful information by residents and GR-SIG members and frequency of guide use among AAPM&R membership.
Forty-five PM&R residents and 17 GR-SIG members reported examples of useful information. Geriatrics At Your Fingertips was requested by 483 AAPM&R members. Forty-six percent returned questionnaires (N=223). Seventy percent had used the guide at least once and 49% 4 or more times.
Geriatrics At Your Fingertips is a useful tool with which to educate PM&R residents and physiatrists about geriatric care.
确定一本老年医学袖珍指南《触手可及的老年医学》是否可能成为教育物理治疗师照顾老年患者的有用工具。
《触手可及的老年医学》通过美国物理医学与康复学会（AAPM&R）分发给物理医学与康复（PM&R）住院医师和执业物理治疗师。两份问卷对指南的使用情况进行评估。
美国的两个学术性PM&R科室和物理治疗师。
两个PM&R住院医师培训项目、AAPM&R老年康复特别兴趣小组（GR-SIG）成员以及AAPM&R会员。
不适用。
住院医师和GR-SIG成员识别出的临床有用信息，以及AAPM&R会员中指南的使用频率。
45名PM&R住院医师和17名GR-SIG成员报告了有用信息的实例。483名AAPM&R成员索要了《触手可及的老年医学》。46%（N = 223）的人返回了问卷。70%的人至少使用过一次该指南，49%的人使用过4次或更多次。
《触手可及的老年医学》是教育PM&R住院医师和物理治疗师有关老年护理知识的有用工具。
