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| Functional health status and instrumental activities of daily living performance in noninstitutionalized elderly people | | Author(s) | Heather Whittle, Dolly Goldenberg |
| Journal title | Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol 23, 1996 |
| Pages | pp 220-227 |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Independence ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Housework capacity ; Shopping capacity ; Living in the community ; Correlation. |
| Annotation | This descriptive correlational study examined the relationship between functional health status and the performance of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) in a group of non-institutionalised older people. 47 people aged 70 and over completed three questionnaires: the Health Status Questionnaire, the Multidimensional Functional Assessment IADL Scale, and a demographic questionnaire. Lawton's 1985 theoretical model of person-environment interaction provided the conceptual framework for the study. Three functional status variables reached statistical significance (0.001) with IADL performance: social functioning (r=-0.6045); health perception (r=-0.6984); and physical functioning (r=-0.6635), suggesting that these are important indicators of overall health status, and that a decline in each could contribute to increased IADL dependency. The IADLs of housekeeping, shopping, and transportation correlated significantly (0.001) with functional health status, implying that, as health declines, older people may require more assistance with IADLs, in order to remain independent in the community. The results have implications for nursing administrators and educators, in developing appropriate health promotion strategies. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980108205 A |
| Classmark | CC: C3: C4: CA: CAM: CAN: K4: 49 * |
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