Samanhengen mellom helserelatert livskvalitet og kontakt med eigne barn hos kognitivt klåre sjukeheimsbebuarar
Authors:
- Bjørg Orrebakken HauglandBHBjørg Orrebakken Haugland
- Jorunn DragesetJDJorunn Drageset
- Gerd Karin NatvigGNGerd Karin Natvig
- 20 March 2013
- journal article
- Published by Scandinavian University Press in Nordisk sygeplejeforskning
- Vol. 3 (1) , 3-17
Abstract
God kontakt med sosiale nettverk er viktig, men kognitivt klåre sjukeheimsbebuarar har vanskar med å oppretthalda ein slik kontakt. Hovudmål med denne studien var å undersøkja kognitivt klåre sjukeheimsbebuarar sin helserelaterte livskvalitet, i relasjon til ønske om og frekvens av sosial nettverkskontakt med eigne barn, samt å utforska eventuelle samanhengar mellom desse. Studien har eit tverrsnittsdesign, og forskar intervjua 227 kognitivt klåre sjukeheimsbebuarar 65 år eller eldre, ved bruk av spørjeskjema Short Form-36 og Andersson sitt Sosiale Nettverkskontaktskjema. Aukande grad av ønskje om kontakt med eigne barn er signifikant relatert til lågare mental helse og emosjonell rollefungering. Samanhengane her var uavhengige av kor ofte dei kognitivt klåre sjukeheimsbebuarane hadde kontakt med eigne barn. I tillegg finn ein signifikant samanheng mellom frekvens av sosial nettverkskontakt med eigne barn og lågare fysisk fungering. Studien foreslår ei auka merksemd mot emnet samt auka tilrettelegging for at kognitivt klåre sjukeheimsbebuarar betre skal ha høve til å oppretthalda kontakt med eigne barn, dersom dei ønskjer det. Close contact with social networks is important, but nursing home residents often experience difficulties in maintaining such contact. The main aims of this study were to examine cognitively intact nursing home residents and their health-related quality of life in relation to their level of desire for and frequency of social contact with their children, as well as to explore possible relationships between these. The study has a cross-sectional design. To collect data the researchers interviewed 227 cognitively intact nursing home residents, 65 years old and older, using the questionnaire Short Form-36 and Anderssons Social Network Contact Form. Increased desire for contact is significantly related to decreased mental health and role-emotional functioning. These relationships were independent of how often the cognitively intact nursing home residents had contact with their children. In addition, we found significant relationships between the frequencies of social network contacts and decreased physical health. The study suggests attention to the topic, and increased emphasis on socialization with their children for cognitively intact nursing home residents.Keywords
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