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Self-Care Program for Improving the Daily Stressors of Osteoarthritic Elderly Patients Residents of Elderly Homes in Port Said City

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Background: Elders living with osteoarthritis perceive many chronic daily stressors
along with a loss of function, diminished independence, and the progression of an
illness without a cure .Aims of This study: was to evaluate the effect of self-care program
for improving the daily stressors of osteoarthritic elderly patients residents in elderly
homes in Port Said City. Design quasi-experimental study. Sample the study was
conducted on 42 elders having the inclusion criteria. Setting this study was implemented
in all geriatric homes in Port Said city (namely: Dar El-Hanan, Dar El-Takreem, and Dar
Mubarak). Tools: the first tool part (I): Socio-demographic characteristics of the studied
elders. Part (II): Medical history of osteoarthritic elderly patients, Part (III): Health
Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index, Part (IV): Depression Scale, Part (V): The
Arthritis Self-efficacy Scale, Part (VI): osteoarthritis related stressors checklist (part VII):
Self-care program. The second tool (2): Anthropometric Measurement. Tools were
used pre, post program and after 3 months. Result the effect of the program was
positive in improving functional abilities, depressed mood, and self-efficacy of the
osteoarthritic elderly patients immediately after its implementation but to a lesser
value after 3 months with a statistical significant. Conclusion Based on the results of
the present study and research hypotheses it can concluded that the implementation of
the self-care program for osteoarthritic elders is associated with significant
improvements in their functional abilities, depressed mood, and self- efficacy.
Recommendations broader implementation of self-care management model in elderly
homes could reduce the significant current and projected burden of the disease as well
as improve self- care in institutionalized elders.

DOI

10.21608/pssjn.2016.32524

Keywords

osteoarthritis, Self-care program, Elders, Daily stress

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Nawal

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Mahmoud Soliman

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Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University

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Hassan

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Ali Abd ElWahed

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Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University

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Reda

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Ibrahim El-Mowafy

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family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University

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Omaima

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Mohamed EL-Alem

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Family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University

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Fatma

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El-Swerky

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Family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University.

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3

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2

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5510

Issue Date

2016-12-01

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2016-05-01

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2016-12-01

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148

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156

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2356-8658

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2682-3241

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PSSJN_Volume 3_Issue 2_Pages 148-156.pdf

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Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing

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Self-Care Program for Improving the Daily Stressors of Osteoarthritic Elderly Patients Residents of Elderly Homes in Port Said City

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22 Jan 2023