title: Self care abilities of patients in a referral hospital of North India.
abstract: A descriptive study was undertaken to assess the self-care abilities among the admitted patients at Nehru Hospital, PGIMER Chandigarh during the year 2004. Various self-care abilities studied were regarding feeding, bathing, dressing and toileting. Out of total 650 patients included in the study, 394 (45.2%) had feeding deficit, 291 (44.84%) had bathing deficit, 238 (36.73%) had dressing deficit and 197 (31.88%) had the deficit of toileting. As per the severity of deficit, mild deficit was present in 121 (19.6%), moderate in 91 (14.70%) and severe deficit was present in 59 (9.6%) of the patients.
authors: Silver Oaks Hospital, Mohali, Punjab.
authors: Manjit
authors: Jogindra Vati
authors: JV
authors: Gupta
authors: Sukhpal
authors: S
authors: Kaur
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012648:Self Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*