The relation between illness perception profiles and self management strategies in a cohort of elderly individuals with knee pain a cross-sectional study based on the Frederiksberg cohort

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. S285-S286
Author(s):  
E. Ginnerup-Nielsen ◽  
R. Christensen ◽  
B.L. Heitmann ◽  
R.D. Altman ◽  
L. March ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knee Pain ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Illness Perception ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Elderly Individuals

scholarly journals Estimating the Prevalence of Knee Pain and the Association between Illness Perception Profiles and Self-Management Strategies in the Frederiksberg Cohort of Elderly Individuals with Knee Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 668
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Ginnerup-Nielsen ◽  
Robin Christensen ◽  
Berit L Heitmann ◽  
Roy D. Altman ◽  
Lyn March ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knee Pain ◽  
Illness Perceptions ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Illness Perception ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Knee Oa ◽  
Illness Perception Questionnaire ◽  
Increased Risk

Knee pain is an early sign of later incident radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, the prevalence of knee pain in the general population is unknown. Additionally, it is unknown how people with knee pain choose to self-manage the condition and if the perception of the illness affects these choices. In this study, 9086 citizens between 60–69 years old in the municipality of Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark, were surveyed, of which 4292 responded. The prevalence of knee pain was estimated, and associations between illness perceptions (brief illness perception questionnaire [B-IPQ]), self-management strategies, and knee symptoms were assessed. The prevalence of knee pain was 21.4% of which 40.5% reported to use no self-management strategies (non-users). These non-users perceived their knee pain as less threatening and reported less severe symptoms than users of self-management strategies. Further, we found that a more positive illness perception was associated with less severe knee symptoms. In conclusion, among Danes aged 60–69 years, the knee pain prevalence is 21.4%, of which 40.5% use no treatment and perceive the condition as non-threatening. These non-users with knee pain represent a subpopulation being at increased risk of developing knee OA later in life, and there is a potential preventive gain in identifying these persons.

scholarly journals COPD patients need more information about self-management: a cross-sectional study in Swedish primary care

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 459-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Sandelowsky ◽  
Ingvar Krakau ◽  
Sonja Modin ◽  
Björn Ställberg ◽  
Anna Nager
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Copd Patients

scholarly journals Impaired abstract thinking may discriminate between normal aging and vascular mild cognitive impairment

2010 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Kenji Sudo ◽  
Gilberto Sousa Alves ◽  
Carlos Eduardo de Oliveira Alves ◽  
Maria Elisa Lanna ◽  
Letice Ericeira-Valente ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Cerebrovascular Disease ◽  
Cognitive Deficits ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Abstract Thinking ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Elderly Individuals ◽  
Healthy Elderly

OBJECTIVE: Cerebrovascular disease (CVD) is associated with cognitive deficits. This cross-sectional study examines differences among healthy elderly controls and patients with vascular mild cognitive impairment (VaMCI) and vascular dementia (VaD) in performances on CAMCOG subscales. METHOD: Elderly individuals (n=61) were divided into 3 groups, according to cognitive and neuroimaging status: 16 controls, 20 VaMCI and 25 VaD. VaMCI and VaD individuals scored over 4 points on the Hachinski Ischemic Scale. RESULTS: Significant differences in total CAMCOG scores were observed across the three groups (p<0.001). VaD subjects performed worse than those with VaMCI in most CAMCOG subscales (p<0.001). All subscales showed differences between controls and VaD (p<0.001). Performance on abstract thinking showed difference between VaMCI and controls (p<0.001). CONCLUSION: CAMCOG discriminated controls from VaMCI and VaD. Assessment of abstract thinking may be useful as a screening item for diagnosis of VaMCI.

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