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Factors influencing the adaptation to skilled nursing facilities among older K orean adults
Author(s) -
Choi Jin Yi,
Sok Sohyune R
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/ijn.12235
Subject(s) - adaptation (eye) , gerontology , medicine , activities of daily living , depression (economics) , skilled nursing facility , nursing , psychology , physical therapy , neuroscience , economics , macroeconomics
This study was conducted to identify the factors that influence the level of adaptation of older K orean adults to skilled nursing facilities. The subjects were 500 adults aged 65 or older who were living in six different skilled nursing facilities in S eoul and G yeong‐gi‐do, S outh K orea. The measures were a demographic form, H ealth S elf‐ R ating S cale, A ctivities of D aily L iving S cale, S elf‐ E fficacy I nstrument, K orean S imple D epression S cale, Q uality of the F acility S cale and F acility A daptation S cale. The analyses showed that the prediction model was significant ( F = 128.624, P < 0.001). The value of the adjusted R 2 was 0.435, which corresponds to the explanatory power of 43.5%. The factor that was found to have the greatest influence on the adaptation of older K orean adults to skilled nursing facilities was activities of daily living (β = −0.564), followed by self‐efficacy (β = 0.321), quality of the facility (β = 0.164), depression (β = 0.133), decision to enter a skilled nursing facility (β = 0.122), perceived health status (β = 0.064) and age (β = −0.010). This cross‐sectional study provides preliminary evidence that the level of adaptation of older K orean adults to skilled nursing facilities is related to their activities of daily living, self‐efficacy, depression, decision to enter a skilled nursing facility, perceived health status and age, and to the quality of the facility.