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

Mahmoud Soliman, Nawal; Ali Abd ElWahed, Hassan; Ibrahim El-Mowafy, Reda; Mohamed EL-Alem, Omaima; El-Swerky, Fatma

doi:10.21608/pssjn.2016.32524

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

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University

² Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University

³ family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University

⁴ Family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University

⁵ Family and Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University.

10.21608/pssjn.2016.32524

Abstract

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.

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