Statistical analysis of the main orthopedic injuries in the members of the Paratrooper Brigade

31 p.Objetivo: Con este estudio se pretende establecer la frecuencia y características de las principales lesiones traumáticas de los miembros de la BRIPAC. Además, clasificar dichas lesiones en función de las actividades en las que tuvieron lugar y su mecanismo lesional. Por último, valorar el tiempo de recuperación que precisaron los pacientes. Metodología: Se realizará un estudio observacional descriptivo transversal de los miembros de las FAS destinados en la BRIPAC durante el año 2016, que hayan acudido al botiquín de la base por haber sufrido una lesión traumatológica. El presente estudio pretende establecer la frecuencia de dichas lesiones y el motivo por el que han podido llevarse a cabo, estableciendo el mecanismo lesional y las actividades en las que predomina cada una. Se observará también el tiempo de recuperación que hayan tenido que guardar nuestros pacientes. Resultados: las lesiones en miembro inferior son las más frecuentes en los miembros de la BRIPAC, seguidas de las de miembro superior. En los saltos paracaidistas predominan las lesiones óseas, y en actividades deportivas y de instrucción las de tipo muscular. Conclusiones: las lesiones de miembro inferior son las más frecuentes puesto que actividades como saltos paracaidistas y de tipo deportivo son las más lesivas para esta zona anatómica. Además, las más frecuentes eran de tipo óseo o muscular, siendo las óseas las que más tiempo de recuperación precisaron por su insidioso periodo de consolidación.Objective: In this study we try to establish the frequency and the characteristics of the principal traumatic injuries in the BRIPAC members. We also try to classify those injuries based on where they happened and on the mechanism of the injury. Lastly, we try to value the recovery time needed by these patients. Methodology: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study of member of the Army Forces based at the BRIPAC over the year 2016, who sought medical attention after suffering an orthopedic injury. The present study intends to establish the frequency of such injuries and the reason why they happened, establishing the mechanism of the injury and the activities that more frequently cause such injuries. We will also observe the recovery time these patients needed. Results: Injuries of the lower limbs are the most frequently observed amongst members of the BRIPAC. These injuries are followed by upper limb injuries. In parachuting the most prevalent injuries are bony injuries whilst in sports activities and military instruction activities, muscular injuries are the most prevalent ones. Conclusions: Injuries of the lower limbs are more frequent as some activities; such parachuting or other sport activities lead to most severe injuries on this area. Bony injuries and muscular injuries were the most observed ones, being the bony injuries the ones that needed more recovery time due to the longer healing time necessary for their consolidation.Grado en Medicin

Influence of Active and Healthy Ageing on Quality of Life Changes: Insights from the Comparison of Three European Countries

This study aimed to analyze the determinants of quality of life (QoL) in older people in three European countries (Portugal, Spain and Sweden). A sample of 7589 participants in waves 4 (2011) and 6 (2015) of the Survey on Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) project, aged 50 and over and living in Portugal, Spain and Sweden, was included. The CASP-12 scale was used to measure QoL. A principal component analysis was performed to group preselected variables related to active and healthy ageing into the dimensions of health, social participation, and lifelong learning. A linear regression model was built using the change in CASP-12 scores over the 4-year follow-up as the dependent variable, including the interactions between country and each independent variable in the model. After four years, the average QoL increased in Portugal (difference = 0.8, p < 0.001), decreased in Spain (-0.8, p < 0.001), and remained constant in Sweden (0.1, p = 0.408). A significant country-participation component interaction (p = 0.039) was found. In Spain, a higher participation (β = 0.031, p = 0.002) was related to a higher QoL improvement at 4 years, but not in Sweden or Portugal. Physical health and emotional components (β = 0.099, p < 0.001), functional ability (β = 0.044, p = 0.023), and cognitive and sensory ability (β = 0.021, p = 0.026) were associated with QoL changes over time in all countries. The country-specific associations between health, social participation and QoL should be taken into account when developing public health policies to promote QoL among European older people.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio