Practices of Self-Care in Healthy Old Age: A Field Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Assessment Instruments
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Frequency | Variety | ||||
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N | ∑ | SD | ∑ | SD | |
CONSERVATIVE APPROACH | |||||
Survival activities | |||||
Basic activities of daily living (BADL) | 105 | 2.56 | 0.48 | 4.03 | 0.66 |
Instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) | 101 | 3.55 | 1.33 | 3.20 | 1.04 |
Total | 6. 44 | 1.47 | 7.24 | 1.24 | |
Maintenance of functional independence activities | |||||
Physical activities | 98 | 2.43 | 1.26 | 1.35 | 0.56 |
Cognitive activities | 63 | 1.57 | 1.02 | 1.83 | 0.94 |
Social activities | 43 | 1.22 | 0.36 | 1.09 | 0.29 |
Spiritual activities | 13 | 1.07 | 0.43 | 1.33 | 0.65 |
Total | 4.24 | 1.55 | 2.97 | 1.63 | |
DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH | |||||
Personal developmental activities | |||||
Reflection activities | 29 | 0.43 | 0.32 | 1.00 | 0.00 |
Technological activities | 23 | 1.11 | 0.48 | 1.04 | 0.37 |
New activities | 45 | 1.34 | 0.55 | 1.33 | 0.64 |
Total | 1.07 | 1.25 | 1.08 | 1.14 |
N | Everyday Memory | Attentional Level | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
∑ | SD | t | ∑ | SD | t | |||
CONSERVATIVE APPROACH | ||||||||
Physical activities | Yes | 98 | 8.02 | 2.14 | 1.368 | 6.76 | 1.43 | 2.661 ** |
No | 7 | 6.87 | 3.64 | 5.37 | 1.19 | |||
Cognitive activities | Yes | 63 | 8.11 | 2.35 | 1.346 | 6.76 | 1.52 | 0.923 |
No | 42 | 7.56 | 2.16 | 6.49 | 1.34 | |||
Social activities | Yes | 43 | 8.12 | 2.21 | 0.684 | 6.76 | 1.36 | 0.598 |
No | 62 | 7.81 | 2.33 | 6.58 | 1.52 | |||
Spiritual activities | Yes | 12 | 7.00 | 1.91 | −1.513 | 5.67 | 1.30 | −2.562 * |
No | 37 | 8.05 | 2.31 | 6.78 | 1.43 | |||
DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH | ||||||||
Reflection activities | Yes | 29 | 7.82 | 2.52 | −0.270 | 6.57 | 1.53 | −0.406 |
No | 76 | 7.95 | 2.22 | 6.70 | 1.43 | |||
Technological activities | Yes | 23 | 8.86 | 1.42 | 2.197 * | 7.36 | .95 | 2.673 ** |
No | 82 | 7.68 | 2.41 | 6.46 | 1.51 | |||
New activities | Yes | 44 | 8.63 | 1.70 | 2.696 ** | 7.00 | 1.15 | 2.101 * |
No | 61 | 7.43 | 2.52 | 6.40 | 1.60 |
Activity | Everyday Memory | Attentional Level |
---|---|---|
CONSERVATIVE APPROACH | ||
BADL | ||
Frequency | −0.266 ** | −0.102 |
Variety | −0.156 | −0.138 |
IADL | ||
Frequency | 0.121 | 0.003 |
Variety | 0.191 | 0.117 |
Total survival | ||
Frequency | 0.004 | −0.039 |
Variety | 0.081 | 0.031 |
Physical activities | ||
Frequency | 0.175 | 0.225 * |
Variety | 0.179 | 0.252 * |
Cognitive activities | ||
Frequency | 0.151 | 0.120 |
Variety | 0.161 | 0.145 |
Social activities | ||
Frequency | 0.054 | 0.051 |
Variety | 0.043 | 0.055 |
Spiritual activities | ||
Frequency | −0.125 | −0.189 |
Variety | −0.080 | −0.129 |
Total maintenance of functional independence activities | ||
Frequency | 0.232 * | 0.236 * |
Variety | 0.184 | 0.187 |
DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH | ||
Reflection activities | ||
Frequency | −0.010 | −0.024 |
Variety | −0.011 | 0.012 |
Technological activities | ||
Frequency | 0.096 | 0.226 * |
Variety | 0.228 * | 0.247 * |
New activities | ||
Frequency | 0.259 ** | 0.205 * |
Variety | 0.145 ** | 0.134 * |
Total developmental activities | ||
Frequency | 0.197 * | 0.240 * |
Variety | 0.260 ** | 0.239 * |
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González-González E, Requena C. Practices of Self-Care in Healthy Old Age: A Field Study. Geriatrics. 2023; 8(3):54. https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics8030054
Chicago/Turabian StyleGonzález-González, Estela, and Carmen Requena. 2023. "Practices of Self-Care in Healthy Old Age: A Field Study" Geriatrics 8, no. 3: 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics8030054