The relationship between self-care ability and happiness in elderly individuals
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Doç. Dr. Rukiye TÜRK DELİBALTA Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Yeliz Akkuş Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Tuğçe Sönmez Atatürk Üniversitesi, Türkiye
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Özgün Makale
(ESCI dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
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| Dergi Adı | CUKUROVA MEDICAL JOURNAL | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 2602-3032 | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | TR DİZİN | ||
| Makale Dili | Türkçe | Basım Tarihi | 01-2019 |
| Kabul Tarihi | 04-08-2019 | Yayınlanma Tarihi | 29-12-2019 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 44 / 0 / 366–374 | DOI | 10.17826/cumj.560455 |
| Makale Linki | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/778537 | ||
| UAK Araştırma Alanları |
Doğum ve Kadın Hastalıkları Hemşireliği
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| Özet |
| Purpose: This study has been carried to determine the relation between self-care ability and happiness in elderly individuals living in Kars province located in the eastern part of Turkey.Materials and Methods: This study is a cross-sectional type study and comprises 400 elderly individuals living in central district of Kars province. The data were collected through utilization of the personal information form, the Self-care Ability Scale and the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire Short-Form (OHQ-SF).Results: The elderly individuals received a mean score of 24.89 ± 5.04 from the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire and a mean score of 93.94 ± 19.15 from the Self Care Ability Scale. There was a statistically positive mean moderate correlation between the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire score and Self Care Ability Scale score. As scores of Oxford Happiness Questionnaire increases, self-care ability score also increases.Conclusion: Significant relationship between happiness levels and self-care ability was determined in elderly individuals. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Old Age | Happiness | Self-Care Ability |
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| Web of Science | 5 |