| Literature DB >> 10760543 |
O Söderhamn1, C Lindencrona, A Ek.
Abstract
The aim of this study was to describe the ability for self-care among home dwelling elderly in the community in a health district in western Sweden. Two self-report instruments plus a number of self-care related questions were distributed by mail to an age stratified random sample and finally completed by a total of 125 subjects. Bivariate and multivariate statistical methods were used in the analyses. The results showed that self-care ability and self-care agency decreased for respondents 75+ years of age. Self-care ability was predicted by three productive means for self-care and four risk factors.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10760543 DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7489(00)00015-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Nurs Stud ISSN: 0020-7489 Impact factor: 5.837