ArticleGeriatrics (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Practices of Self-Care in Healthy Old Age: A Field Study.
Article in Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Care Needs and Care Options for Frail Older People Living Alone in Italy: An Exploratory Mixed Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Association between loneliness and self-care in elderly individuals with chronic kidney disease: a structural equation modeling approach.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Gender Differences in the Functional Limitations of Frail Older People Ageing in Place Alone in Italy.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Gerontology in Public Health: A Scoping Review of Current Perspectives and Interventions.Cureus · 2024Article
- Examining the influence of self-care practices on brain activity in healthy older adults.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2024Article
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Abstract
Two competing psychological approaches for how to care for oneself to stay healthy in old age have coexisted and dominated the scientific literature.
objectiveIdentify the self-care practices of healthy older adults and establish the relationship between these practices and the cognitive processes involved.
method105 healthy older people (83.91% women) recorded their self-care practices using the Care Time Test and underwent a cognitive evaluation.
resultsThe frequency and variety of different activities that participants spent performing on a day of the week where they had the fewest obligations are as follows: nearly 7 h on seven survival activities, 4 h and 30 min on three maintenance of functional independence activities and 1 h on one activity that promoted personal development. Older people who carry out activities in a developmental approach showed better everyday memory (8.63 points) and attention levels (7.00 points) than older people who carry out activities using a conservative approach (memory: 7.43; attention level: 6.40).
conclusionThe results evidenced that the frequency and variety of activities that promote personal development are associated with better attention and memory performance.
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