Objective: to know the relationship between the sensory function, gait ability, and cognitive function with dependency in older adults. Method: a descriptive cross-sectional design, 146 older adults took part. Measurements: Snellen chart, Audiometer, Stereognosia tests, Semmes-Weinstein monofilament, basic aromas and flavors, GAITRite system, Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test, the Barthel Index, and the Lawton and Brody Index. Results: sensory function, cognitive function and gait explain 25% dependence on basic activities of daily life and 21% dependence on instrumental activities of daily life. The variables that influence dependence on basic activities were taste (p=.029), gait speed (p=.009), cadence (p=.002) and step length (p=.001) and, in instrumental activities, gait speed (p=.049), cadence (p=.028) and step length (p=.010). Conclusion: gait speed, cadence and stride length are variables that influence both dependence on basic and instrumental activities of daily life.
Objective: analyze and assess the psychometric properties of the subscales in the Spanish version of the Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale in an elderly population in the Northeast of Mexico. Method: methodological study. The sample consisted of 329 elderly associated with one of the five public centers for senior citizens in the metropolitan area of Northeast Mexico. The psychometric properties included the assessment of the Cronbach's alpha coefficient, the Kaiser Meyer Olkin coefficient, the inter-item correlation, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis.Results: in the principal components analysis, two components were identified based on the 43 items in the scale. The item-total correlation coefficient of the exercise benefits subscale was good. Nevertheless, the coefficient for the exercise barriers subscale revealed inconsistencies.The reliability and validity were acceptable. The confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the elimination of items improved the goodness of fit of the baseline scale, without affecting its validity or reliability. Conclusion: the Exercise Benefits/Barriers subscale presented satisfactory psychometric properties for the Mexican context. A 15-item short version is presented with factorial structure, validity and reliability similar to the complete scale.
El significado que los adultos mayores otorgan a su dependencia funcional puede impedir el autocuidado para su salud y conducirlo a una dependencia total, situación que es posible evitar a través del desarrollo de intervenciones de enfermería enfocadas a la rehabilitación, educación y reconstrucción de su significado. Con el objetivo de comprender el significado que los adultos mayores otorgan a su propia dependencia funcional y describir los factores que explican la construcción del significado, se realizó un estudio cualitativo con cinco adultos mayores mexicanos que presentaban dependencia funcional según el índice de Barthel y autopercepción de dependencia. Los datos cualitativos se obtuvieron mediante una entrevista a profundidad semiestructurada, el muestreo fue por criterio lógico y el método de análisis se basó en la teoría fundamentada. Se encontró que el significado de dependencia funcional parte de la necesidad de recibir ayuda, la familia es la principal fuente de cuidado. Ser dependiente significa una transformación que involucra dejar de ser o hacer; incluye sufrimiento propio y de la familia y temor a lo desconocido. Los factores involucrados en la construcción del significado son: fuentes de ayuda, sentimientos y pérdidas físicas, sociales y económicas.
Self-care in older adults with type 2 diabetes. Monterrey, México. SUMMARYObjectives: to determine self-care differences by age and gender in older adults with type 2 diabetes, attending in a family health clinic. Material and Methods: The sample was 109 older adults (63 women and 46 men). The self-care was evaluated with the Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities. The data analysis was used descriptive statistics (frequencies, measures of dispersion and 95%CI), Mann-Whitney and difference of proportions. Results: The mean of diagnosis time was 12.24 (± 9.9) years, 31.2% (34) said to have some complication by the pathology, the most common of this was retinopathy on 22.9% (25), 33.0% (36) of older did self-care practices, the care that were performed more frequentlywerecare of foot and drugs; The women had self-care practices, this data was reported slightly higher in men (28.6% vs 39.1%; p> 0.05). Adults of 60-69 years had higher self-care practices to those over 70 years (4.9 % vs 30.4 %; p> 0.05). Conclusions: Self-care practices in this population are poor despite they have a disease, according to activities with higher frequencies we concludes that older give most importance to the consumption of drugs, and foot care. Men and younger older adults are reporting higher performing self-care activities.
A sample of 76 older adults (27 with diabetes and 49 without diabetes) were selected to judge three information factors, metamemory related to-drug organization-stress and physical activity in relation to their perception of self-care. In order to do so, an Integration Information Theory was considered to determine systematic cognitive algebra rules underlying judgment about 24 different health self-care scenarios. Results indicate that older adults without diabetes use a summative cognitive rule to integrate relevant health information but older adults with diabetes do not. Both groups agreed that metamemory was the most relevant factor to their self-care followed by stress and physical activity. However, valuation of these factors does depend on the type of group. Implications of these results to healthcare a behavioral nursing intervention are discussed in this paper.
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