Selected factors related to the rehabilitation needs of older persons with dependency entering intermediate care in hospitals
Keywords:
The need for rehabilitation, Dependent older persons, Intermediate careAbstract
Descriptive correlational research in this study, Purpose: 1) To Study the need for rehabilitation of older persons with dependent entering Intermediate care in hotpital. 2) To study relationships between gender, frailty, nutrition, depression, number of common functions and the rehabilitation needs of older persons with dependency entering intermediate care in hotpital.
Methods: The purposive sample consisted of 93 outpatients aged 60 years and older, both male and female, recruited from Lerdsin Hospital, Charoenkrung Pracharak Hospital, and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital. The research instruments included a demographic questionnaire, the Barthel ADL Index, the Mini-Cog and the T-Frailty Scale. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Eta coefficient and The Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient (rs).
Results: 1) The rehabilitation needs of older persons with dependency entering intermediate care were moderate (mean = 46.05, SD = 3.43). 2) Frailty was significantly correlation with the rehabilitation needs of older persons with dependency entering intermediate care (=.259, p< .05) 3) Nutrition was significantly correlation with the rehabilitation needs of older persons with dependency entering intermediate care (rs = 313, p< .05) 4) Depression was significantly correlation with the rehabilitation needs of older persons with dependency entering intermediate care (rs = -247, p< .05) 5) Number of common functions was significantly correlation with the rehabilitation needs of older persons with dependency entering intermediate care(rs = -264, p< .05) and 6) Gender was no correlation and the rehabilitation needs of older persons with dependency entering intermediate care.
Conclusion: Nursing care should provide individual rehabilitation activities according to the rehabilitation needs of dependent elderly patients entering medium-term care in the hospital, including physical and mental rehabilitation, and providing recreational activities in addition to basic medium-term care services, in order to focus on patients understanding the important values of life and recognizing the benefits of physical rehabilitation.
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