ISSN:0309-2402    

DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18010001.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0309-2402    

DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.180100046.x

出版商:Blackwell Science Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0309-2402    

DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.180100049.x

出版商:Blackwell Science Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0309-2402    

DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.1801000416.x

出版商:Blackwell Science Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

With increasing age many elderly people experience personal and social losses Physical health declines, there is a loss of vigour and an increased susceptibility to disease Osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis in the elderly, is the greatest cause of disability and limitation of activity in older populations The purpose of this descriptive study was to investigate how elderly women cope with the physical impairment and pain associated with osteoarthritis and to examine the relationship between coping strategies and health status The sample consisted of 130 women over 75 years, living alone in one of five life care communities Three instruments were used to collect data The Ways of Coping Scale, The Arthritis Impact Measurement Scale and The Musculoskeletal Impairment Index Pearson product‐moment correlations and stepwise multiple regression were used to analyse data The mean age of the sample was 82 2 years and over 40% had attained bachelor's degree or higher The most utilized coping strategy was self‐control The study variables accounted for 49% of the variance in physical health and 20% in psychosocial he

ISSN:0309-2402    

DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18010007.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Two different strategies are possible for improving nurses’ interactions with elderly patients One is to arrange special periods, such as reality orientation, in which a high level of appropriate interaction is encouraged The other is to improve nurses’ attitudes to patients and treatment, or select nurses with better attitudes, on the grounds that poor attitudes might underly poor behaviour This study was designed to find out whether nurses’ interactions with elderly patients varied in relation to their attitudes, or differed between periods of routine care or of special activities based on reality orientation organized by the nurses Systematic observations were made of the behaviour of 27 nurses working on two psychogeriatric wards, before all nurses completed questionnaires measuring attitudes to nursing care and to elderly people A higher proportion of interactions were ‘positive’(i e involved nurses’ informing, questioning or making general conversation) during activity periods than at other times No attitudinal measure predicted the proportion of interactions which were positive, although this was greater in qualified nurses The results are consistent with the view that formal reality orientation periods can improve the quality of nurses’ interactions with elderly patients, but are inconsistent with the view that targeting nurses’ attitudes wo

ISSN:0309-2402    

DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18010014.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This paper derives from a study conducted by the Deakin Institute of Nursing Research between 1988 and 1990, whose major objective was to determine the impact of staffing mix on nursing residents’ quality of care and life Resident satisfaction with life in the nursing home is a key element in determining the quality of care and quality of life provided Both the literature review and the study objectives supported the view that resident outcome can be collected through assessing the quality of care and the quality of life, through assessment by informed observers using instruments derived from explicitly stated standards, and through eliciting the perceptions of residents themselves A schedule designed to measure satisfaction with care was developed and resident interviews were undertaken using this measure and the Life Satisfaction Index (A) The majority of responses to the resident satisfaction schedule were positive The high percentage of positive responses did not correlate with the observations of the research assistants and there was some concern that while residents were able to assess care they were reluctant to criticize the staff or their behavio

ISSN:0309-2402    

DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18010020.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The feeding problems of demented elderly people are well documented and the need for research into the assessment of feeding difficulty and intervention by nurses has been raised The present paper reviews the literature in this area of care and outlines the problems which exist in attempting to investigate the feeding difficulty of demented patients Demented elderly people display a range of behaviours related to feeding including excessive eating in the early stages of dementia and then difficulty with feeding, refusal to eat and, finally, inability to self‐feed at all The problems with research in this area revolve around the issue of measurement of feeding difficulty There are problems in deciding what to measure and in how measurements should be made which are clinically meaningful A possible strategy for investigating the feeding difficulty of demented elderly patients is suggested which includes the design of a tool for measurement and the application of single‐case studies Any tool which is used for measurement should enable researchers, in the first instance, and then clinicians to categorize the feeding difficulty of individual patients Moreover, such a tool should also be sufficiently sensitive to respond to change in feeding ability The single‐case methodology is considered to be the most ethically and statistically appropriate for research with this particular group of pa

ISSN:0309-2402    

DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18010025.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Quality of life (QOL) is a phrase which was first used shortly after the Second World War and has, since then, been overused and infrequently defined A concept analysis of QOL is presented to clarify the concept for further use The process for concept analysis developed by Walker&Avant is employed Quality of life is found to be very complex, and it is hoped that this analysis will stimulate thought and further nursing research into what QOL means in the health care context

ISSN:0309-2402    

DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18010032.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The purposes of this study were to assess the needs of caregivers of head‐injured survivors and the availability, use and helpfulness of support groups in meeting these needsDemographic data on characteristics of the caregivers and of the head‐injured survivor were also collected The majority of the caregivers were mothers of head‐injured males and provided care for an average of 6 years Sixteen of the respondents did not attend a support group, mainly due to the unavailability of support groups in their area of residence Support groups were most helpful in meeting educational and psychological needs of caregivers The findings suggest the need for additional support groups, especially in smaller communities, for additional educational content in support groups and for respit

ISSN:0309-2402    

DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18010039.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY