Self-Care Program for Improving the Daily Stressors of Osteoarthritic Elderly Patients Residents of Elderly Homes in Port Said City | ||
| Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing | ||
| Article 9, Volume 3, Issue 2, December 2016, Pages 148-156 PDF (300.94 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/pssjn.2016.32524 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Nawal Mahmoud Soliman1; Hassan Ali Abd ElWahed2; Reda Ibrahim El-Mowafy3; Omaima Mohamed EL-Alem4; Fatma El-Swerky* 5 | ||
| 1Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||
| 2Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University | ||
| 3family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University | ||
| 4Family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University | ||
| 5Family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Elders living with osteoarthritis perceive many chronic daily stressors along with a loss of function, diminished independence, and the progression of an illness without a cure .Aims of This study: was to evaluate the effect of self-care program for improving the daily stressors of osteoarthritic elderly patients residents in elderly homes in Port Said City. Design quasi-experimental study. Sample the study was conducted on 42 elders having the inclusion criteria. Setting this study was implemented in all geriatric homes in Port Said city (namely: Dar El-Hanan, Dar El-Takreem, and Dar Mubarak). Tools: the first tool part (I): Socio-demographic characteristics of the studied elders. Part (II): Medical history of osteoarthritic elderly patients, Part (III): Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index, Part (IV): Depression Scale, Part (V): The Arthritis Self-efficacy Scale, Part (VI): osteoarthritis related stressors checklist (part VII): Self-care program. The second tool (2): Anthropometric Measurement. Tools were used pre, post program and after 3 months. Result the effect of the program was positive in improving functional abilities, depressed mood, and self-efficacy of the osteoarthritic elderly patients immediately after its implementation but to a lesser value after 3 months with a statistical significant. Conclusion Based on the results of the present study and research hypotheses it can concluded that the implementation of the self-care program for osteoarthritic elders is associated with significant improvements in their functional abilities, depressed mood, and self- efficacy. Recommendations broader implementation of self-care management model in elderly homes could reduce the significant current and projected burden of the disease as well as improve self- care in institutionalized elders. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| osteoarthritis; Self-care program; Elders; Daily stress | ||
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