The Relationship Between the Self-Care Agency and the Health of Patients with Chronic Illness in Mature Adulthood

• Honjo Keiko

  The Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 熟年期にある慢性病者のセルフケア能力と健康の関係
• ジュクネンキ ニ アル マンセイ ビョウシャ ノ セルフケア ノウリョク ト ケンコウ ノ カンケイ
• Relations between self-care agencies and health in middle-age patients with chronic illnesses

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between the self-care agency and the health of patients with chronic illness in mature adulthood. It used a correlational research design and, as research instruments, a self-care agency questionnaire (SCAQ) and a health questionnaire (HQ). The subjects consisted of 250 individuals with chronic illness in mature adulthood. Their mean age was 56.1 years (SD=6.3 years).<BR>A significant relationship was found between self-care agency and health (r=.45, p<.001). Relatively strong correlations were also found between self-care agency and a sense of fulfillment on the HQ, as well as between health and the ability to manage and display interest in one's own self-care on the SCAQ. In the housewife cluster, a significant correlation between self-care agency and health was not found, but there were statistically significant differences from other clusters in terms of both self-care agency and adjustment of physical conditions.<BR>The relatively strong correlation between self-care agency and health indicates the importance of focusing on both self-care agency and health in the case of chronically ill patients. On the other hand, it may be presumed that the lack of a correlation between self-care agency and health in the housewife cluster is connected to unease about their condition as represented in menopausal disorders and gloom about household chores. There is a risk that this may be excessively stressed in the adjustment of the physical conditions of housewives.

Journal

• Journal of Japan Academy of Nursing Science

  Journal of Japan Academy of Nursing Science 20 (3), 50-59, 2000

  Japan Academy of Nursing Science

Keywords

• self-care agency
• health
• patients with chronic illness

Details

• CRID: 1390282680440110720
• NII Article ID: 130004602835
• NII Article ID: 10008637025
• NII Book ID: AN00010260
• DOI: 10.5630/jans1981.20.3_50
• NDL BIB ID: 5586038
• ISSN: 02875330
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I5586038
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2001209659
• Text Lang: ja
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