Factors Predicting Health Status and Self-Health Assessment among Older Adults
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Health status, predictive factors, Health assessmentAbstract
This predictive correlational research aimed to 1) examine health status and the ability to assess self-health status in older adults. A total of 420 participants included people aged 60 or over who live in Lampang Province based on inclusion and exclusion criteria using multi-stage sampling. Settings included the Ban Ton-Tong and Ban Mae-Kong sub-districts. Instruments included Barthel Activity of Daily Living, Stress assessment (ST-5), and Self-assessed health with index of item objective congruence = 0.92 and Interrater reliability = 86. The data analysis involved descriptive statistics and multiple regression analyses.
The findings indicated that the majority of older adults aged 60-69 years old required minimal assistance with daily living activities (mean =35.50, S.D. = 0.23) and experience occasional stress (mean=69.12, S.D. = 0.45). Predictive factor analysis revealed that health status factors, specifically the ability to perform daily living activities and stress level, significantly predict the self-assessed health status of the older adults (β = -.116, β = -260, p< .05, respectively). This study can inform the management of conditions affecting health, enabling older individuals to self-assess their health based on basis daily activities and stress reduction as well as to improve the standards of care and quality of life for the older adults.
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