title: Control beliefs of the frail elderly. Assessing differences between homebound and nursing home residents.
abstract: Previous age-related sense of control studies have largely focused on active, community-dwelling aged individuals and have excluded elderly persons who are frail. This study compares sense of control and life satisfaction as determined through rating scale administration between two frail, dependent samples: nursing home residents and homebound elderly. Differences in control scores were statistically significant for those who were homebound expressing higher perceived personal control than nursing home residents (p < .001). Sense of control has no correlation with either life satisfaction or length of stay in the nursing home cohort.
authors.affiliation: New York University, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crain
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly / Q000523:psychology*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D009518:New York; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011788:Quality of Life