scholarly journals Leisure activities and attitude of institutionalized elderly people: a basis for nursing practice

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivian Carla de Castro ◽  
Lígia Carreira

Aim: to identify the leisure activities performed in Long-Stay Institutions for the Elderly (LSIEs), registered in the city of Maringá-PR, Brazil, and to analyze the attitude of the elderly people toward leisure promoted by the institutions. METHOD: this was a descriptive and transversal study with a quantitative approach, carried out with 97 elderly people, through the establishment of the socio-demographic profile and the application of the Leisure Attitude Scale. The data was subjected to descriptive statistical analysis, association tests (chi-square or Fisher's) and Spearman's correlation. RESULTS: males, aged 80 or over, widowed, with one to eight years of study, who had a monthly income were predominant. Age group and income were significantly associated with the performance of leisure activities. The results reflected the positive attitude of the elderly people in relation to leisure activities, except in the behavioral component. CONCLUSION: the findings of this study indicate the need for further investigation into the difficulties linked to the attitude toward leisure in the behavioral component, considering aspects such as individual concepts of leisure and the health status of the elderly people.

1970 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 129-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raj Kumar Subedi

Insomnia is one of the major and unsolved problems in older people. Most of the sleep studies report that the different forms of insomnia like Difficulty Initiating Sleep (DIS), Difficulty Maintaining Sleep (DMS) and Non-Restorative Sleep (NRS) are common among the elderly that are associated to many factors. The objective of the study was to measure the prevalence of insomnia and the factors associated to it among the elderly people. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 142 elderly people of and above 60 years of age in Sarangdanda VDC of Panchthar District of Eastern Nepal. The presence or absence of insomnia and the associated factors were assessed on them by the help of interview schedule. The results were analyzed using chi-square test in SPSS (version 11.5). DMS was the most common reported form of insomnia among the elderly followed by DIS and NRS. Association between insomnia and each of factors like use of tobacco before sleeping hours, eating too close to bedtime, use of tea/coffee before sleeping hours and use of alcohol before sleeping hours were statistically significant at 95% level of confidence. Insomnia affects a large proportion of elderly and is triggered by many factors like use of tobacco before sleeping hours, use of tea/coffee before sleeping hours, eating too close to bedtime and use of alcohol before sleeping hours. Keywords: Alcohol; tea/coffee; difficulty initiating sleep (DIS); difficulty maintaining sleep (DMS); non-restorative sleep (NRS); tobacco DOI: 10.3126/dsaj.v4i0.4517 Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Vol.4 2010 pp.129-142


2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-219
Author(s):  
Alisson Padilha de Lima ◽  
Ezequiel Vitório Lini ◽  
Marilene Rodrigues Portella ◽  
Marlene Doring ◽  
Fabrício Bruno Cardoso

ABSTRACT Introduction The increase in chronic diseases and physical inactivity are major public health problems among elderly populations worldwide. Objective This article aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with the practice of physical activity (PA) among elderly people living in urban environment. Methods A cross-population-based study was conducted in 2014, with 196 elderly people aged ≥ 60 years of age living in urban environment in the city of Passo Fundo, in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Gross and multivariable analyses were conducted using Poisson regression, estimating the ratios of gross and adjusted prevalence and calculating their respective 95% confidence intervals. Results The mean age was 71.3 (± 8.4). The gross prevalence for the practice of PA was 56.1%. After adjusted analysis, only the variable independent in activities of daily living (ADLs) remained significant (95% CI 1.05 to 4.83) (p = 0.037). Conclusions This research showed an association between the practice of PA and independence in ADLs. Level of Evidence II, Economic and decision analysis - Development of economic model or decision.


Author(s):  
Nitesh Mangal ◽  
Dilip Kumar L. ◽  
K. A. Varghese ◽  
Meet Chauhan ◽  
Matariswa Samanta

Background: There is a paradigm shift in the social values towards the elderly people due to urbanization and higher educational linked migration. Consequently, problems like loneliness, lack of emotional support, economic insecurities are faced by the elderly population. The objectives of the study were to assess the socio-economic dimensions and to examine the morbidity and mortality patterns of elderly persons in the study area.Methods: A cross- sectional study was conducted among 536 elderly persons from May to August 2019 in an urban area of Udaipur. A pre-structured and pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect information on socio-demographic details, morbidity profile and socio-economic problems of elderly persons. The data was analyzed using class frequencies, ‘t’ test for equality of gender difference in mortality ages and Chi-square test for association of age class with morbidity.Results: A majority of study subjects were females (52.05%). There was significant difference in proportions of elderly male and female persons across their educational levels. The chi-square test for association of age classes with number of health problems revealed significant association. About 56.34% of 536 elderly people were leading an unsatisfactory life.Conclusions: The major morbidities included arthritis, hypertension, diabetes, cataract, dental problems, cardiovascular problems etc. Financial problems were more severe among elderly. The availability of trained paramedical professionals for home care and day care units and legal bindings on family members for safety and security of elderly person can be effective measures to overcome the problems being faced by them. 


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (01) ◽  
pp. 127-143
Author(s):  
Alfany Natalia Torar ◽  
Semuel Tambuwun ◽  
Herlina P Memah ◽  
Yourisna Pasambo

Introduction Data obtained from the working area of Puskesmas Tumpaan found that hypertension in the elderly was the first prominent disease in the range of January-December 2017, as many as 465 patients and in 2018 the number of patients was 510. Based on preliminary studies of elderly people with high blood pressure, said their blood pressure often increases because they do not adhere to a diet. Lack of support from family members can influence the compliance behavior of implementing a hypertension diet. The purpose of this study is to find out the relationship between family support and adherence to the diet of elderly people with hypertension in the work area of the Puskesmas Tumpaan in the coastal areas and and mountain areas. This type of research is Correlation Analytic with cross sectional design. The population in this study is the elderly with hypertension. The sampling technique uses proportional random sampling with a total of 84 people divided into 42 people in coastal areas and 42 people in mountain areas and data analysis techniques using the Chi Square test. The results showed that in the coastal areas 31% of respondents with good family support, 40% of respondents had adequate family support and 29% of respondents had less family support while 52% showed adherent diet adherence and 48% adherence to non-adherent diet. The results of the chi-square statistical test (Pearson chi-square) obtained a P-value of 0.008, meaning that the P-value <0.05. The results of the study in the mountain areas of 40% of respondents with good family support, 31% of respondents with adequate family support and 29% of respondents with less family support, 57% showed adherent diet adherence and 43% of adherent diet adherence. The results of the chi-square statistical test (Pearson chi-square) obtained a P-value of 0.021, meaning that the P-value <0.05. The conclusion of this study is that there is a relationship of family support with adherence to the diet of elderly patients with hypertension in both coastal and mountain areas.


2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Triana Arisdiani ◽  
Livana PH

Pendahuluan : Jumlah lansia yang banyak di Indonesia haruslah ditangani secara keseluruhan dengan memperhatikan kebutuhannya. Kebutuhan fisiologis dasar lansia yang harus dipenuhi adalah higiene, nutrisi, kenyaman, oksigenasi, cairan elektrolit, eliminasi urin dan fekal, dan tidur. akan berdampak buruk terhadap kesehatan, Kebutuhan fisiologis dan psikologis lansia yang tidak terpenuhi dapat menyebabkan kerentanan terhadap penyakit, stres konfusi, disorientasi, gangguan mood, kurang fresh, menurunnya kemampuan berkonsentrasi, kemampuan membuat keputusan. Tujuan : Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan dukungan sosial pramurukti dengan kondisi kesehatan fisik lanjut usia di panti pelayanan sosial lansia cepiring kabupaten Kendal. Metode : Penelitian ini merupakan study deskriptif korelasi dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Jumlah sampel sebanyak 74 orang.  Teknik sampling dalam penelitian ini menggunakan total sampling. Hasil : Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa menunjukkan sebagian besar pramurukti memberikan dukungan dalam tingkat rendah hingga sedang yaitu sebanyak 13 (56,5%) orang. Hasil perhitungan menggunakan chi - square didapatkan nilai p value 0,316 (P>0,05) sehingga hasil analisis tidak adanya hubungan antara dukungan sosial pramurukti dengan kondisi kesehatan fisik lansia. Diskusi : Penelitian ini diharapkan dapat digunakan sebagai referensi untuk mengembangkan penelitian yang serupa menggunakan variabel yang berbeda.Kata Kunci          : Dukungan Sosial, Kondisi Kesehatan Fisik, Lansia Introduction: The large number of elderly people in Indonesia must be handled as a whole by paying attention to their needs. The basic physiological needs of the elderly that must be met are hygiene, nutrition, comfort, oxygenation, electrolyte fluid, urine and faecal elimination, and sleep. will have a negative impact on health, physiological and psychological needs of unmet elderly can lead to susceptibility to disease, confusion, disorientation, mood disorders, lack of freshness, decreased ability to concentrate, ability to make decisions. Objective: This study aims to determine the relationship between pre-proof social support and the physical health conditions of elderly people at the social care institutions of the elderly cepiring Kendal district. Method: This study is a descriptive correlation study with a cross sectional approach. The number of samples is 74 people. The sampling technique in this study used total sampling. Results: The results of the study showed that most of the prostitutes provided support in the low to moderate levels of 13 (56.5%) people. The calculation results using chi-square obtained p value 0.316 (P> 0.05) so that the results of the analysis there is no relationship between pre-proof social support and physical health conditions of the elderly. Discussion: This research is expected to be used as a reference for developing similar research using different variables.Keywords: Social Support, Physical Health Conditions, Elderly


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 3445-3449
Author(s):  
Metin Özlü

The working group of the research consists of 297 referees who attended the 2018 Referee-Trainer Visa Seminars of the Gymnastics Federation held in Antalya between 20-23 December 2018. Leisure Attitude Scale: LAS, developed by Ragheb and Beard in 1982 and adapted into Turkish by Akgül and Gürbüz, was used in the study. The data obtained in the study, frequency,% distribution, mean and standard deviation (Std. Deviation) were measured, Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Shapiro-Wilk tests were used in normality analysis, Kruskal Wallis-H, Mann Whitney U, Chi-square and Fisher Exact tests were used in comparison of the groups. In this study, which examines the attitudes of gymnastics trainers towards leisure activities; It was examined whether there was a difference in terms of gender, age and coaching level and a significant difference was found according to the variables of age and coaching level (P <0.05). There is a significant difference in the cognitive dimension from the sub-dimensions of attitude towards leisure activities according to age. There is a significant difference in affective dimension from the sub-dimensions of attitude towards leisure activities according to the category of coaching level (P <0.05). In addition, gymnastics trainers' attitudes towards leisure activities did not differ according to gender (P> 0.05). In coaching training seminars, various departments should be organized in order to make efficient use of leisure time, it is recommended to support concepts such as leisure attitude and related life quality, leisure time satisfaction, leisure physical activity restrictions, and coping with leisure time obstacles by carrying out different studies. Keywords: Gymnastics, Coach, Leisure Attitude


2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (suppl 3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Halanna Carneiro Gumarães Bastos Moura ◽  
Tânia Maria de Oliva Menezes ◽  
Raniele Araújo de Freitas ◽  
Fabiana Araújo Moreira ◽  
Isabella Batista Pires ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand faith and spirituality in the meaning of life of the elderly with Chronic Kidney Disease. Methods: a qualitative research based on Viktor Emil Frankl’s Logotherapy and Existential Analysis. Twenty elderly people were interviewed between August 2018 and January 2019, between 60 and 79 years old, who underwent dialysis in a private unit, a reference in nephrology in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Results: two categories of analysis emerged: Meaning of faith in the lived of the elderly with Chronic Kidney Disease; Faith as a forerunner of the meaning of life. Final considerations: faith and spirituality were understood as a fundamental foundation in the search for the meaning of the study participants’ lives, besides unveiling itself as an important strategy of resilience to the experienced of the elderly person with Chronic Kidney Disease.


Author(s):  
O. Andrieieva ◽  
A. Hakman

Recreational well-being in the elderly contributes to the preservation and enhancement of health, improving the adaptive capacity of their body, reducing the frequency of exacerbations of chronic diseases and improving the psycho-emotional sphere of man. The purpose of the research is to synthesize the basic directions of optimization of the recreational and health activity of elderly people   on the basis of theoretical analysis. Research methods: study and analysis of scientific and methodological literature, induction and deduction, comparison and generalization. Results: On the basis of theoretical analysis of scientific and methodological literature and our own experience, we have synthesized the main directions of recreational and recreational activity of the elderly, namely: places  of mass rest, University of the Third Age, All-Ukrainian Center for Physical Health of the Population "Sport for All", fitness -club, sanatorium and recreational establishments, health groups, interest groups in sports facilities, health groups in medical institutions.  In places of mass recreation, namely in parks of culture and recreation, by place of residence, elderly people can engage in recreational and recreational activities without taking into account their social, material status. Within the walls of a third-century university, recreational and recreational activities are a form of cognition, education and socialization for students of this institution. The "Recreation and Recreation Activities for Older Age" also includes "Sport for All", which helps to engage people in physical activity during leisure activities to promote health. In health resorts and recreational establishments, recreational and recreational activities are implemented in the rest mode, taking into account his health status and recreational resource of the establishment.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-206
Author(s):  
Mohammad Nayeem Hasan

Aging is one of the embryonic problems in Bangladesh and this has been gradually increasing with its far-reaching consequences. Elderly can develop new and complicating health problems. In most cases the diseases are chronic and complex. The structures were designed to investigate the health status, depression, and function of the daily living of the older men and women in the Sylhet region of Bangladesh. The data were collected using stratified sampling. We have used cross-sectional methods to analyze the data and performed a chi-square test to test the association and a then bivariate and multivariable logistic regression model was used to evaluate the major risk factors of CVD. In this study, 229 elderly people were considered aged from 60 to 60+ years-old face to face personal interviews. Among them 16.6% elderly are suffering in depression. According to residence, the condition of health is good in the ethnic group (21.9%) and this situation is worse in the rural group (97.5%). In addition, people who have depression were 0.087 times or 91.3% (OR = 1.115, 95% CI 0.273-4.552) less likely to have healthy compared to the people who did not have depression. In this study, we have seen that there were many factors that were associated with health status among different communities’ elderly people in Sylhet. This research will help clinicians and policymakers to develop appropriate strategies of CVD patients and organize health education programs for changing lifestyles among elderly in Sylhet. Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. June 2019, 5(3): 197-206


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yukiko Kuboshima ◽  
Jacqueline McIntosh

The growth of the ageing population and the desires for ageing-in-place have resulted in an ever-increasing need for housing that can support the independent living of the elderly with care needs. As impairments and care needs increase, spatial use typically changes. However, there is limited information on how to accommodate leisure activities and spatial use in private dwellings to inform housing design. Through an ethnographic investigation of 30 high-needs elderly people living independently, patterns of spatial use for personal leisure activities were established. Seven key themes for residents’ perceptions were revealed, which include; comfort in posture, access to sunshine and warmth, facilitating activities to occupy residents, views to outside, control for doing everything from one space, and keeping active. In the design of housing for the high-needs elderly, greater attention should be given to the micro-environment of the main sitting space, to improve occupant control while enhancing comfort and warmth. This paper provides key considerations for housing design, which will help elderly people continue their fulfilled life in their own home as long as possible.  


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