Common musculoskeletal complaints among elderly people at elderly care home

Abstract

Purpose: To identify the Common Musculoskeletal Complaints among Elderly People at Elderly care Home. Objective: To identify the Common Musculoskeletal Complaints in different body region of Elderly people and to determine the Treatment received to solve Musculoskeletal Complaints and to explore the Socio-demographic Characteristics of Elderly people with musculoskeletal complaints Methodology: A Cross sectional study was conducted with a structured interviewer administrated questionnaire with mixed questions to collect information from 50 elderly people age ranging from 60 years to above 60 years. Data were numerically coded and captured in Microsoft Excel, using an SPSS 16.0 version software program. Results: Pain, Limitation of range of motion, Muscle weakness, Postural deformity and difficulty during Activities of Daily living were shown as musculoskeletal complaints in this study. Pain and difficulty in activities of Daily living were found to be the highest Musculoskeletal Complaints with 82% respectively. 74% had muscle weakness in different major group muscles in the body, 66% had limitation of Range of Motion in different joints of the body and 42% participants had postural deformity. Analysis of the study shown the socio-demographic characteristics of Elderly people with Musculoskeletal Complaints like age (more aged group showed more risk of complaining musculoskeletal complaints), gender (female were more risk than male), area (the frequency of rural people were more than the urban people), and previous occupation (the frequency of housewives were more than any other occupations like service holder and business man). Conclusion: Elderly people are gradually increasing in this world day by day, so musculoskeletal complaints among them are an issue of burning question. It is essential to find out the actual prevalence of musculoskeletal complaints among elderly people by taking mass population so that the result can be generalized and can take appropriate action and rehabilitation measures regarding this area.