The Autonomy and its Related Factors among Older People in Long-Term Care Facilities

• Main Authors: Chi-chang Wu, 吳奇璋
• Other Authors: Hui-man Huang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/23919125622728976765

碩士 === 美和技術學院 === 健康照護研究所 === 97 === The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that influence the autonomy of older people in long-term care facilities. Purposive sampling was used to recruit 150 older people from thirteen long-term care facilities, which were located in Tainan City and County. The measurement tools included the Demographic Data Sheet, Short Portable Mental Questionnaire, Self-perceived Health Status Scale, Activities of Daily Living Scale, Meaning in Life Sheet, and Perceived Enactment of Autonomy Scale. The collected data was computed by using SPSS / PC 12.0 software package. The statistics used for data analysis included frequency distribution, arithmetic mean, t-test, one-way ANOVA,Pearson’s correlations, and stepwise multiple regression. The results demonstrat：（1）‘Gender’, ‘educational level’, ‘marital status’,‘main economic resource’, and ‘previous living condition’ have a significant difference in meaning of life in older people;（2）‘Educational level’ has a significant difference in autonomy for the older people;（3）There is a positive correlation between ‘activities of daily living’, ‘self-perceived health status’,‘meaning in life’, and autonomy of the older people; there is a negative correlation between ‘age’ and autonomy of the older people;（4）’Age’,‘educational level’, ‘activities of daily living’, ‘self-perceived health status’, and ‘meaning in life’ were the major predicting factors of autonomy and accounted iii for 53.7﹪of the variance. The results could provide information to understand the relationships among demographic variables, meaning in life, and autonomy for older people in long-term care facilities. The findings also could be used as a reference in routine practice for manager, administrator, and clinical caregivers in long-term care facilities.