Description
Undergraduate Research & Enrichment Programs in the Pennoni Honors College is happy to announce our Undergraduate Research Mini-Grants for Winter Term of the 2022/2023 academic year. Undergraduate student and faculty pairs from across the University can apply for $2,000 each term to support their research efforts. At least 10 grants will be awarded for Winter Term. At the end of the term, students who have received a mini-grant will be expected to write a blog post for the UREP Blog and to present their work at a poster session during the 2023 Week of Undergraduate Excellence (to be held in May 2023).
Abstract Submission
Clinician Perspectives on Exercise-Based Pain Interventions for People Living with Dementia
Pain affects 50-80% of people living with dementia (PLWD), and its effective management is critical to sustaining or improving quality of life. Exercise is a recommended first line treatment for pain management in older adults; yet the use of exercise-based programs by clinicians working with those experiencing impaired cognitive processing is unclear. The purpose of this qualitative description study was to explore clinicians’ perceptions in managing chronic musculoskeletal pain in PLWD who are community-dwelling with exercise-based pain interventions. Individual, semi-structured, virtual interviews were conducted with 12 clinicians (physical therapists = 6, occupational therapists = 4, and nurse practitioners = 2, mean age ±SD = 39.9 ±10.7 years, mean clinical experience ±SD = 8.8±6.7 years, female = 10,) from 4 outpatient facilities. Through a conventional content analysis, the key theme thatemerged was that exercise interventions used for pain management among PLWD needed to be “carefully tailored”. The clinicians reported that they consider several factors, including the PLWD’s underlying pain mechanism, cognitive ability, physical function, comorbidities, and preferences when developing their exercise programs to manage chronic pain of PLWD. .Few studies have emphasized these factors in exercise-based pain interventions, which are especially critical and applicable for pain management in PLWD and should be prioritized in future research.
Undergraduate Research & Enrichment Programs in the Pennoni Honors College is happy to announce our Undergraduate Research Mini-Grants for Winter Term of the 2022/2023 academic year. Undergraduate student and faculty pairs from across the University can apply for $2,000 each term to support their research efforts. At least 10 grants will be awarded for Winter Term. At the end of the term, students who have received a mini-grant will be expected to write a blog post for the UREP Blog and to present their work at a poster session during the 2023 Week of Undergraduate Excellence (to be held in May 2023).
Abstract Submission
Clinician Perspectives on Exercise-Based Pain Interventions for People Living with Dementia
Pain affects 50-80% of people living with dementia (PLWD), and its effective management is critical to sustaining or improving quality of life. Exercise is a recommended first line treatment for pain management in older adults; yet the use of exercise-based programs by clinicians working with those experiencing impaired cognitive processing is unclear. The purpose of this qualitative description study was to explore clinicians’ perceptions in managing chronic musculoskeletal pain in PLWD who are community-dwelling with exercise-based pain interventions. Individual, semi-structured, virtual interviews were conducted with 12 clinicians (physical therapists = 6, occupational therapists = 4, and nurse practitioners = 2, mean age ±SD = 39.9 ±10.7 years, mean clinical experience ±SD = 8.8±6.7 years, female = 10,) from 4 outpatient facilities. Through a conventional content analysis, the key theme thatemerged was that exercise interventions used for pain management among PLWD needed to be “carefully tailored”. The clinicians reported that they consider several factors, including the PLWD’s underlying pain mechanism, cognitive ability, physical function, comorbidities, and preferences when developing their exercise programs to manage chronic pain of PLWD. .Few studies have emphasized these factors in exercise-based pain interventions, which are especially critical and applicable for pain management in PLWD and should be prioritized in future research.