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| The oldest old and personal activities of daily living: associations with loneliness | | Author(s) | Margareth Bondevik |
| Journal title | Health Care in Later Life, vol 2, no 1, February 1997 |
| Pages | pp 14-25 |
| Keywords | Over 70s ; Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Evaluation ; Loneliness ; Norway. |
| Annotation | This study explored associations between the ability of older people to perform personal activities of daily living (ADL) and their feelings of loneliness. The sample comprised 221 individuals, aged 80-105 years, who used the health services as either residents in nursing homes or as recipients of assistance from the community health service in Bergen, Norway. Data were collected by means of the following measures: the modified Katz Index of Activities of Daily Living, the Revised Social Provisions Scale, the four-item Short Form Scale of the Revised University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale, and a supplemental single item on loneliness. The results showed no significant differences between the two groups who were evaluated as either being dependent or independent in performance of the basic ADL functions and loneliness. Results demonstrated that dependence on the environment regarding continence corresponded significantly with low levels of emotional loneliness. The activities of going to the toilet, transferring and dressing were significantly associated with low levels of both emotional and social loneliness, while corresponding independence indicated higher levels of loneliness. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980212222 A |
| Classmark | BBK: CA: C4: 4C: DV: 76N |
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