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Physiother Can ; 76(1): 78-85, 2024 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38465304

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Purpose: Frailty is not commonly assessed on intake to cardiac rehabilitation (CR), but screening could enable targeted interventions and potentially reduce secondary complications. This study aimed to develop and retrospectively examine the feasibility of utilizing a CR-specific algorithm based on the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS). Our CFS-CR algorithm endeavoured to screen for frailty in older adults (> 65 y) entering CR following cardiac surgery/procedure. Method: The charts of 30 former patients (mean age: 74.0 ± 6.9 y) were examined by a clinician working in CR. Results: The clinician was unable to score any of the patients based on their medical charts using the CFS-CR due to insufficient data. Documentation was typically limited in the areas of instrumental and basic activities of daily living whereas exercise data were readily available. Conclusions: Current intake documentation in CR limited the ability to retrospectively screen for frailty. This finding suggests a need for a frailty-specific tool to support routine clinical screening. Prospective evaluation of the CFS-CR is warranted to further examine the clinical utility of the algorithm during CR intake assessments.


Objectif: la fragilité est peu évaluée à l'admission en réadaptation cardiaque (RC), mais le dépistage pourrait permettre de cibler des interventions et peutêtre de réduire les complications secondaires. La présente étude visait à créer un algorithme de RC d'après l'échelle de fragilité clinique (ÉFC) et à procéder à une analyse rétrospective pour déterminer la faisabilité de l'utiliser. L'algorithme ÉFC-RC était conçu pour dépister la fragilité chez les personnes âgées (de 65 ans ou plus) qui arrivaient en RC après une opération ou une intervention cardiaque. Méthodologie: une clinicienne qui travaillait en RC a examiné les dossiers de 30 anciens patients (âge moyen de 74,0 ± 6,9 ans). Résultats: la clinicienne n'a pu mesurer les résultats d'aucun patient d'après leur dossier médical au moyen de l'ÉFC-RC en raison de données insuffisantes. Les éléments du dossier se limitaient généralement aux activités déterminantes et courantes de la vie quotidienne, tandis que les données sur les exercices étaient facilement accessibles. Conclusions: l'information contenue dans les dossiers d'admission actuels en RC limitait la possibilité de procéder à l'analyse rétrospective de la fragilité. Cette observation laisse croire à la nécessité de concevoir un outil axé sur la fragilité pour contribuer au dépistage clinique systématique. Une évaluation prospective de l'ÉFC-RC s'impose pour mieux analyser l'utilité clinique de l'algorithme lors des évaluations à l'admission en RC.

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Work ; 62(3): 477-483, 2019.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30909263

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BACKGROUND: Firefighters have high rates of exposures to critical events that contribute to physical and mental stress, resulting in high rates of injury and work-injury compensation claims. OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of critical incidents in firefighters from a single fire service, and whether the number of critical events varied based on age, gender, years of service and/or rank. METHODS: We recruited 300 full-time firefighters. Firefighters were asked to complete a self-report Critical Incident Inventory survey that included questions on exposure to critical events during firefighting duties, with a time reference point of the past two months. RESULTS: Among the 293 firefighters, 252 (85%) indicated exposure to some type of critical incident. More specifically, 187 (64%) reported a respond to incident involving one or two deaths, 155 (53%) indicated a direct exposure to blood and body fluids, and 98 (33%) reported a response to an incident involving multiple serious injuries. Age, gender, years of service and rank accounted for only 1% of the variance in the number of critical incidents among firefighters. CONCLUSIONS: In this study, 85% of firefighters had been exposed to some type of critical incident in the previous 2-months and this did not vary by age, gender, years of service and/or rank.


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Firefighters/psychology , Medical Errors/psychology , Occupational Exposure/adverse effects , Prevalence , Adult , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Humans , Male , Medical Errors/adverse effects , Middle Aged , Ontario , Stress, Psychological/complications , Stress, Psychological/etiology , Stress, Psychological/psychology , Surveys and Questionnaires
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