Impact of home modification services on ability in everyday life for people ageing with disabilities
| Autor: | Anders Kottorp, Margareta Lilja, Ingela Petersson, Joy M. Hammel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Occupational therapy Gerontology Aging medicine.medical_specialty Activities of daily living Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Activities of Daily Living Agency (sociology) medicine Humans Raw score Disabled Persons Everyday life Aged Self-efficacy Rasch model Rehabilitation Architectural Accessibility General Medicine Self-Help Devices Differential item functioning Self Efficacy Socioeconomic Factors Housing Female Safety Psychology Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 40:253-260 |
| ISSN: | 1650-1977 |
| DOI: | 10.2340/16501977-0160 |
| Popis: | Objective: To examine the impact of home modifications on self-rated ability in everyday life from various aspects for people ageing with disabilities. Methods: The study sample was recruited from an agency providing home modification services in Sweden and com prised 73 subjects whose referrals had been approved and who were scheduled to receive home modifications (interven tion group) and 41 subjects waiting for their applications to be assessed for approval (comparison group). The subjects rated their ability in everyday life using the Client–Clinician Assessment Protocol Part I on 2 occasions: at baseline and follow-up. The Client–Clinician Assessment Protocol Part I provides data on the clients’ self-rated independence, diffi culty and safety in everyday life. The data were first subject ed to Rasch analysis in order to convert the raw scores into interval measures. Further analyses to investigate changes in self-rated ability were conducted with parametric statistics. Results: Subjects who had received home modifications re ported a statistically significant improvement in their selfrated ability in everyday life compared with those in the comparison group. Subjects who had received home modifi cations reported less difficulty and increased safety, especial ly in tasks related to self-care in the bathroom and transfers, such as getting in and out of the home. Conclusion: Home modifications have a positive impact on self-rated ability in everyday life, especially on decreasing the level of difficulty and increasing safety. |
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