title: Ability for self-care among home dwelling elderly people in a health district in Sweden.
abstract: The aim of this study was to describe the ability for self-care among home dwelling elderly in the community in a health district in western Sweden. Two self-report instruments plus a number of self-care related questions were distributed by mail to an age stratified random sample and finally completed by a total of 125 subjects. Bivariate and multivariate statistical methods were used in the analyses. The results showed that self-care ability and self-care agency decreased for respondents 75+ years of age. Self-care ability was predicted by three productive means for self-care and four risk factors.
authors.affiliation: Vänersborg University College of Health Sciences, P.O. Box 236, SE-462 23, Vänersborg, Sweden.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Söderhamn
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lindencrona
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ek
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012648:Self Care; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013548:Sweden