Self-Care Skills between Institutionalised and Home Dwelling Older Adults: A  Preliminary Study Kajian Rintis Kemahiran Penjagaan Diri Warga Tua di antara institusi dan rumah kediaman.

Nor Afifi Razaob; Masne Kadar; Hanif Farhan Mohd Rashdi; Farahiyah Wan Yunus; Nor Azwani Mohamed Bukhori; Tham SI Yan; Chai Siaw Chui

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Self-Care Skills between Institutionalised and Home Dwelling Older Adults: A Preliminary Study Kajian Rintis Kemahiran Penjagaan Diri Warga Tua di antara institusi dan rumah kediaman.

Author: NOR AFIFI RAZAOB ¹ ; MASNE KADAR ¹ ; HANIF FARHAN MOHD RASHDI ¹ ; FARAHIYAH WAN YUNUS ¹ ; NOR AZWANI MOHAMED BUKHORI ² ; THAM SI YAN ³ ; CHAI SIAW CHUI
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1. Occupational Therapy Programme, Centre for Rehabilitation and Special Needs Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences,Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur
2. WinKidz Therapy, 2174-D, Jalan Mahkota Off Lebuhraya Darul Aman, 05100 Alor Setar, Kedah
3. Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Jalan Tan Tock Seng, 308433 Singapore
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Self-care; older adults; institutionalised; home-dwelling
From:Malaysian Journal of Health Sciences 2021;19(No.2):134-140
CountryMalaysia
Language:English
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.
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