Perceptions of self-determination and quality of life among Swedish home care recipients - across-sectional study
Background:Â It is acknowledged that preservation of self-determination is very important in order for older adults to experience good quality of life, but to what degree and in what areas people receiving help from home care service experience self-determination is unknown. Few studies have examine...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-160298 2024-09-09T19:59:48+00:00 Perceptions of self-determination and quality of life among Swedish home care recipients - across-sectional study Bölenius, Karin LämÃ¥s, Kristina Sandman, Per-Olof Lindkvist, Marie Edvardsson, David 2019 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-160298 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1145-8 eng eng UmeÃ¥ universitet, Institutionen för omvÃ¥rdnad UmeÃ¥ universitet, Statistik UmeÃ¥ universitet, Institutionen för epidemiologi och global hälsa Division of Caring Sciences, Depart Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. BMC Geriatrics, 2019, 19, orcid:0000-0001-8787-2327 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-160298 doi:10.1186/s12877-019-1145-8 PMID 31126243 ISI:000468889900006 Scopus 2-s2.0-85066414850 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Aged care Health Home care services Nursing care Older adults Older people Self-determination Quality of life Geriatrics Geriatrik Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2019 ftumeauniv https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1145-8 2024-07-09T23:37:52Z Background: It is acknowledged that preservation of self-determination is very important in order for older adults to experience good quality of life, but to what degree and in what areas people receiving help from home care service experience self-determination is unknown. Few studies have examined the perception of self-determination in relation to quality of life among older adults living at home with help from home care services. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore perceptions of self-determination among older adults living at home with the support of home care services, and to test whether older adults who perceive a higher degree of self-determination also feel they have a better quality of life. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in one municipality in northern Sweden. A total of 134 older adults (≥ 65 years) were included. Data were collected by means of a survey including questionnaires about background characteristics, self-determination, and health-related quality of life. Descriptive statistics regarding background characteristics for groups with high and low self-determination respectively were presented and the differences between the groups were analyzed using the Chi-square test and the Mann-Whitney U test. Results: Our main finding shows that the majority of older adults with support from home care services experience self-determination in the dimensions use of time, and self-care. However, a wide variation was found in self-reported self-determination in all dimensions. Results also show that the group with higher self-reported self-determination also reported a greater degree of experienced quality of life in comparison with the group with lower self-reported self-determination. Conclusions: In line with earlier research, our results found a positive relation between self-determination and quality of life. The results are relevant for the care of older adults and indicate a need of further research. The results presented in this paper could serve as a guide when ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) BMC Geriatrics 19 1 |
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Background: It is acknowledged that preservation of self-determination is very important in order for older adults to experience good quality of life, but to what degree and in what areas people receiving help from home care service experience self-determination is unknown. Few studies have examined the perception of self-determination in relation to quality of life among older adults living at home with help from home care services. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore perceptions of self-determination among older adults living at home with the support of home care services, and to test whether older adults who perceive a higher degree of self-determination also feel they have a better quality of life. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in one municipality in northern Sweden. A total of 134 older adults (≥ 65 years) were included. Data were collected by means of a survey including questionnaires about background characteristics, self-determination, and health-related quality of life. Descriptive statistics regarding background characteristics for groups with high and low self-determination respectively were presented and the differences between the groups were analyzed using the Chi-square test and the Mann-Whitney U test. Results: Our main finding shows that the majority of older adults with support from home care services experience self-determination in the dimensions use of time, and self-care. However, a wide variation was found in self-reported self-determination in all dimensions. Results also show that the group with higher self-reported self-determination also reported a greater degree of experienced quality of life in comparison with the group with lower self-reported self-determination. Conclusions: In line with earlier research, our results found a positive relation between self-determination and quality of life. The results are relevant for the care of older adults and indicate a need of further research. The results presented in this paper could serve as a guide when ... |
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Perceptions of self-determination and quality of life among Swedish home care recipients - across-sectional study |
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Perceptions of self-determination and quality of life among Swedish home care recipients - across-sectional study |
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Perceptions of self-determination and quality of life among Swedish home care recipients - across-sectional study |
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Perceptions of self-determination and quality of life among Swedish home care recipients - across-sectional study |
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Perceptions of self-determination and quality of life among Swedish home care recipients - across-sectional study |
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perceptions of self-determination and quality of life among swedish home care recipients - across-sectional study |
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