Perceptions of Health Status of Rural Elderly

<p>Questionnaires were designed and administered to a nonrandom sample of 18 rural elderly residents in a midwestern state. The questionnaires obtained information which attempted to describe perceptions of current health status and self-care capability, to determine the relationship between perceptions of health status and type of residence or senior citizen center attendance. The dependent variables were definitions of perceived health status as derived from the Health Perceptions Questionnaire. Health status included factors of current health, prior health, health outlook, resistance to illness, health worry/concern and sickness orientation. The independent variables were selected personal factors, self-care capability, desire for self-care and social, economic and environmental factors.<br /> Six null hypotheses were generated. The major finding at the 0.05 level of significance was that there was no relationship between the six factors of health status and type of residence or senior citizen center attendance of rural elderly.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - Open Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Graduate Nursing

Year

1988

Author dc:creator

• Miller, Colleen

Contributors dc:contributor

• Sharon Leech-Hofland

• Nursing

Statement dc:rights

• <p>In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted<br /><a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/</a></p>

Language dc:language

en

Repository record dc:identifier

https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/670

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:openprairie.sdstate.edu:etd-1670