Sahu Samantak, Vasudeva Abhimanyu, Sheikh Nishat Ahmed, Neyaz Osama, Yadav Shiv Lal
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2022 Feb;11(2):434-438. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1268_21. Epub 2022 Feb 16.
Enhanced quality of health care and increased life expectancy come with issues about the quality of life. This challenge is especially relevant to physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM and R)-a specialty focused on enhancing the quality of life. With the increasing burden of chronic diseases and disabling conditions, requirement for PM and R specialists will increase. This narrative review discusses the changing demographics, the disability trends, and the unmet needs both at present and anticipated in future. We also discussed problems faced by the present training system in PM and R, identified the lacunae, and attempted to provide suggestions to fill those.
医疗保健质量的提高和预期寿命的延长伴随着生活质量问题。这一挑战与物理医学与康复（PM和R）尤为相关，这是一个专注于提高生活质量的专业领域。随着慢性病和致残性疾病负担的增加，对PM和R专家的需求将会增加。本叙述性综述讨论了不断变化的人口结构、残疾趋势以及当前和未来预期中未满足的需求。我们还讨论了当前PM和R培训系统面临的问题，找出了其中的不足，并试图提供填补这些不足的建议。
