Promoting Self-Care among Elderly Attending Zagazig Social Club through a Health Education Intervention | ||||
| Zagazig Nursing Journal | ||||
| Article 6, Volume 10, Issue 1, 2014, Page 86-102 PDF (241.74 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.12816/0029305 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Amany Mohamed Saad1; Wagida Wafik Kamel2; Salwa Abbas Aly3; Amany Rashad Abo El-Seoud4 | ||||
| 1Assistant Lecturer of Community Health Nursing -Faculty of Nursing- Helwan University | ||||
| 2Assistant Prof. of Community Health -Nursing Faculty of Nursing -Zagazig University | ||||
| 3Professor of Community Health Nursing- Faculty of Nursing- Zagazig University | ||||
| 4Professor of Community Medicine -Faculty of Medicine -Zagazig University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Self-care for health promotion required that clients had the knowledge and competencies needed to maintain and enhance health. The aim of the study; was to increase old people's self care capabilities. Research design; quasi-experimental design was used. Setting; this study conducted at geriatric social clubs at Zagazig city. Sample; composed of 120 elderly (60 client for the study group and 60 for the control group). Tools; two tools were used in this study; first, an interview questionnaire to collect data about socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants and their knowledge about self care, the second tool was observational checklist for assessing their practice about certain items of self care. The study results; revealed statistically significant improvements of the study group knowledge and practice about self care and its elements, also hygienic practice and care of some prevalence health problems faced the elderly after health education intervention. No statistically significant relations detected between elderly knowledge and practice related to self care among the control and the study group and their age, sex, residence, and level of education.Conclusion; health education intervention increased elderly satisfactory level of knowledge and adequate practice related to self care. The study recommended; implement a follow up health education intervention about self care in all geriatric social clubs, and booklet containing information about elderly self care should be available in the elderly social club library. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Self Care; Elderly; social club; health education | ||||
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