Self-Care Skills between Institutionalised and Home Dwelling Older Adults: A Preliminary Study

Authors

  • NOR AFIFI RAZAOB UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA
  • MASNE KADAR UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA
  • HANIF FARHAN MOHD RASHDI UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA
  • FARAHIYAH WAN YUNUS UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA
  • NOR AZWANI MOHAMED BUKHORI Winkidz Therapy
  • SI YAN THAM Tan Tock Seng Hospital
  • SIAW CHUI CHAI

Abstract

Background: Self-care is defined as activities perfomed by individuals, families, and communities to enhance their health, prevent diseases, limit illnesses, and restore health. Previous research has mainly focused on self-care skills of older adults in either institution or residential homes separately but limited studies have compared between both these settings. This study aimed to compare the self-care skills between institutionalized and home dwelling older adults at selected area in Malaysia. Design and methods: A total of 43 participants aged 60 years old and above were recruited in our study; (23 participants were home-dwelled older adults and 19 participants were recruited from two private elderly home located in Kuala Lumpur). Malay Version of Performance Assessment of Self-Care Skills (M-PASS-HOME) 4.0 was used focusing on four main subtests of self-skills; oral hygiene, trimming toenails, house mobility and shower mobility. Results: The differences in self-care skills between institutionalized and home dwelling older adults are statistically significant (p<0.01) in the aspects of independency for all self-care activities (oral hygiene, trimming toenails, house mobility and shower mobility). Conclusion: The results of this study revealed that home dwelling older adults group are more independent in self-care activities of oral hygiene, trimming toenails, indoor walking; bathroom and shower mobility compared to institutionalized group. DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/JSKM-2021-1902-15

Author Biography

SIAW CHUI CHAI

UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA

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Published

2021-07-01

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 2 (2021)

Section

Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy

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