Nursing Home Residents Aged over 80—A Cross-Sectional Analysis on Which Activity Traits Correlate to Positive Affect
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Conceptual Framework and State of Research
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data and Study Sample
2.2. Model Specification
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Strengths and Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | % | Mean | SD | Min | Max |
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Age (in years) | 100 (n = 150) | 90.15 | ±0.40 | 80 | 101 |
Women | 74 (n = 111) | 90.51 | ± 0.48 | 80 | 101 |
Men | 26 (n = 39) | 89.13 | ± 0.67 | 81 | 98 |
Marital status | 100 (n = 150) | 1 | 4 | ||
married | 10 (n = 10) | ||||
widowed | 76.67 (n = 115) | ||||
divorced | 6.00 (n = 9) | ||||
unmarried | 7.33 (n = 11) | ||||
Education | 100 (n = 150) | 1.67 | ±0.67 | 1 | 3 |
low | 43.70 (n = 59) | ||||
medium | 45.19 (n = 61) | ||||
high | 11.11 (n = 15) | ||||
Residential connection | 100 (n = 142) | 2.57 | ±0.09 | 1 | 4 |
Activities of daily living (ADL) | 100 (n = 150) | 0.98 | ±0.65 | 0 | 2 |
Expression | Mean | SD | Never | Rarely | Sometimes | Often | Very Often |
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enthusiastic (n = 140) | 2.53 | ±1.20 | 23.57% (n = 33) | 29.29% (n = 41) | 23.57% (n = 33) | 17.14% (n = 24) | 6.43% (n = 9) |
alert (n = 129) | 2.95 | ±1.11 | 10.08 (n = 13) | 26.36 (n = 34) | 29.46 (n = 38) | 26.36 (n = 34) | 7.75 (n = 10) |
elated (n = 142) | 2.73 | ±1.12 | 12.68 (n = 18) | 35.21 (n = 50) | 24.65 (n = 35) | 21.13 (n = 30) | 6.34 (n = 9) |
inspired (n = 136) | 2.66 | ±1.12 | 15.44 (n = 21) | 31.62 (n = 43) | 29.41 (n = 40) | 17.65 (n = 24) | 5.88 (n = 8) |
determined (n = 135) | 2.64 | ±1.18 | 19.26 (n = 26) | 28.15 (n = 38) | 28.89 (n = 39) | 16.30 (n = 22) | 7.41 (n = 10) |
Positive and negative affect schedule Sum Score (n = 143) | 2.71 | ±0.08 |
Variables | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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1 Age | |||||||
2 Sex | 0.115 | ||||||
3 Education | −0.094 | −0.336 *** | |||||
4 Activities of daily living (ADL) | 0.090 | −0.132 | 0.203 | ||||
5 Residential connection | −0.068 | −0.015 | 0.175 | 0.116 | |||
6 Variability in activities | −0.010 | 0.092 | 0.250 ** | 0.283 ** | 0.204 * | ||
7 Frequency of activities | 0.114 | −0.039 | 0.064 | 0.121 | −0.126 | 0.051 | |
8 Positive and negative affect schedule (PANAS) Sum Score | −0.022 | 0.120 | 0.201 * | 0.176 | 0.320 *** | 0.544 *** | −0.143 |
Variables | Model I | Model II | Model III | |||
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PANAS | Coeff. | SD | Coeff. | SD | Coeff. | SD |
Age | 0.007 | 0.015 | 0.003 | 0.015 | −0.050 | 0.016 |
Sex (male) | −0.247 | 0.178 | −0.262 | 0.179 | −0.445 | 0.188 |
Education | 0.091 | 0.117 | 0.077 | 0.118 | 0.196 | 0.126 |
Activities of daily living (ADL) | 0.083 | 0.120 | 0.097 | 0.122 | 0.328 ** | 0.116 |
Residential attachment | 0.253 ** | 0.069 | 0.262 *** | 0.070 | 0.276 *** | 0.074 |
Variability in activities | 2.423 *** | 0.520 | 2.349 *** | 0.524 | ||
Frequency of activities | −0.222 | 0.120 | −0.183 | 0.128 | ||
R2adjusted (based on Fisher’s z transformation) | 0.302 | 0.251 | 0.286 | 0.245 | 0.193 | 0.166 |
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Zirves, M.; Pfaff, H. Nursing Home Residents Aged over 80—A Cross-Sectional Analysis on Which Activity Traits Correlate to Positive Affect. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 9583. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249583
Zirves M, Pfaff H. Nursing Home Residents Aged over 80—A Cross-Sectional Analysis on Which Activity Traits Correlate to Positive Affect. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(24):9583. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249583
Chicago/Turabian StyleZirves, Melanie, and Holger Pfaff. 2020. "Nursing Home Residents Aged over 80—A Cross-Sectional Analysis on Which Activity Traits Correlate to Positive Affect" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 24: 9583. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249583