Self-care skills between institutionalised and home dwelling older adults : a preliminary study

Nor Afifi Razaob, and Masne Kadar, and Hanif Farhan Mohd Rasdi, and Farahiyah Wan Yunus, and Nor Azwani Mohamed Bukhori, and Tham, Si Yan and Chai, Siaw Chui (2021) Self-care skills between institutionalised and home dwelling older adults : a preliminary study. Jurnal Sains Kesihatan Malaysia, 19 (2). pp. 139-145. ISSN 1675-8161

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Abstract

Self-care is defined as activities performed by individuals, families, and communities to enhance their health, prevent diseases, limit illnesses, and restore health. Previous research has mainly focused on self-care skills of older adults in either institution or residential homes separately but limited studies have compared between both these settings. This study aimed to compare the self-care skills between institutionalised and home dwelling older adults at selected area in Malaysia. A total of 43 participants aged 60 years old and above were recruited in our study; (23 participants were home-dwelled older adults and 19 participants were recruited from institutionalised older adults located in Kuala Lumpur). The Malay Version of Performance Assessment of Self-Care Skills (M-PASS-HOME) 4.0 was used focusing on four main subtests of self-skills; oral hygiene, trimming toenails, house mobility and shower mobility. The differences in self-care skills between institutionalised and home dwelling older adults are statistically significant (p<0.01) in the aspects of independency for all self-care activities. The results of this study revealed that home dwelling older adults group are more independent in self-care activities of oral hygiene, trimming toenails, house mobility and shower mobility compared to institutionalised group.

Item Type:Article
Keywords:Self-care; Older adults; Institutionalised; Home-dwelling
Journal:Jurnal Sains Kesihatan Malaysia
ID Code:18594
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Deposited On:11 May 2022 01:24
Last Modified:17 May 2022 06:46

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