Life satisfaction and health self-assessment of older adults assisted through home care
| Autor: | Mariane Lurdes Predebon, Gilmara Ramos, Fernanda Laís Fengler Dal Pizzol, Juana Vieira Soares, Lisiane Manganelli Girardi Paskulin, Idiane Rosset |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
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| Zdroj: | Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1984-0446 0034-7167 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0357 |
| Popis: | ABSTRACT Objective: to identify sociodemographic and health characteristics according to age groups and to analyze the association between self-assessed health status and satisfaction with regular/bad life with sociodemographic characteristics, global functioning and falls of older adults linked to home care within the primary health care network. Method: cross-sectional study with 124 older adults, conducted using home interviews. A sociodemographic data and health status questionnaire was used, together with Barthel Index, Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (IADL), the Mini-Mental State Examination, the Geriatric Depression Scale and the Timed Up and Go Test. Bivariate and multivariate analyses (Poisson regression) were applied. Results: there was a predominance of female octogenarians. Self-assessment of regular/bad health was associated with mild (p=0.002) and severe (p |
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