Comparisons on Motivation for Health Behavior, Health Behaviors Practices, and Activities of Daily Living between Institutionalized and Non-institutionalized Elderly Women.
- Author:
Jung Tae SON
1
;
Soon Rim SUH
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Catholic, Korea. srsuh@knu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Elderly;
Women;
Motivation;
Health behavior
- MeSH:
Activities of Daily Living*;
Aged*;
Female;
Health Behavior*;
Humans;
Motivation*;
Statistics as Topic;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Adult Nursing
2007;19(3):379-388
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purposes of this study were to compare the motivation for health behavior, health behaviors practices, and ADL of institutionalized elderly women with those of non-institutionalized elderly women. METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive survey was conducted in convenience samples of 144 aged women(80 institutionalized and 64 non-institutionalized) using structured questionnaires. Descriptive statistics, chi-square-test, and ANCOVA were used for data analysis with SPSS program. RESULTS: The institutionalized elderly reported significantly higher motivation than the non-institutionalized elderly. In subcategories of motivation, self-efficacy of the institutionalized elderly was significantly lower than that of the non-institutionalized elderly. The non-institutionalized elderly reported significantly lower perceived benefits and significantly higher perceived barriers than institutionalized elderly. The institutionalized elderly reported significantly lower health behaviors in exercise and nutrition than the non-institutionalized elderly. Among health behaviors of the non-institutionalized elderly women, stress management marked the lowest score. CONCLUSION: To enhance motivation of institutionalized elderly women, interventions for building self-efficacy are needed. To promote the health behavior of the non-institutionalized elderly, stress management programs are needed. All elderly women need exercise.
