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Functional health status and instrumental activities of daily living performance in noninstitutionalized elderly people
Author(s) -
Whittle Heather,
Goldenberg Dolly
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1996.tb02660.x
Subject(s) - activities of daily living , gerontology , housekeeping , scale (ratio) , psychology , descriptive statistics , health promotion , medicine , public health , nursing , psychiatry , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , gene , statistics
The purpose of this descriptive correlational study was to examine the relationship between functional health status and the performance of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) in a group of noninstitutionalized elderly people A convenience sample of 47 subjects who were 70 years of age or older participated by completing three questionnaires the Health Status Questionnaire, the Multidimensional Functional Assessment IADL Scale and a demographic questionnaire Lawton's (1985) theoretical model of person‐environment interaction provided the conceptual framework for the study Three functional status variables reached statistical significance (0 001) with IADL performance social functioning (r=–0 6045), health perception (r=‐0.6984), and physical functioning (r=–0 6635) suggesting that these are important indicators of overall health status, and that a decline in each could contribute to increased IADL dependency The LADLs of housekeeping, shopping, and transportation correlated significantly (0 001) with functional health status, implying that, as health declines in elderly people, they may require more assistance with LADLs, in order to remain more independent in the community The results have implications for nursing administrators and nursing educators with regard to developing health promotion strategies related to independence of elderly people, community health and social policy