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Zirves, Melanie and Pfaff, Holger (2020). Nursing Home Residents Aged over 80-A Cross-Sectional Analysis on Which Activity Traits Correlate to Positive Affect. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 17 (24). BASEL: MDPI. ISSN 1660-4601

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Abstract

Admission to a care facility is assumed to enhance depressive symptoms and dependent behavior in old age. In this context, the relevance of participation in activities that make everyday life in a care facility more pleasant has been pointed out. This study examines if there is a relationship between participation in different activities as well as the frequency of this participation and the positive affect of nursing home residents aged over 80. Data from the unique cross-sectional representative study 'Quality of life and subjective well-being of the very old in North Rhine-Westphalia' in Germany (n = 150, aged 90.15 years in average) were used. The data were collected between 08/2017 and 02/2018 using computer-assisted personal interviewing. The variability in and frequency of activity participation functioned as independent, and positive affect as dependent variable. Multiple regression analysis was performed. Residents' predicted positive affect significantly increased with a higher variability in activity participation. There was no independent effect of frequency in participation. Our findings indicate that there is a significant and positive relationship between participating in a high number of different activities and the overall positive affect of residents aged over 80 years. This does not hold true for the frequency of participation.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Zirves, Melanie UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Pfaff, Holger UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-309280
DOI:	10.3390/ijerph17249583
Journal or Publication Title:	Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
Volume:	17
Number:	24
Date:	2020
Publisher:	MDPI
Place of Publication:	BASEL
ISSN:	1660-4601
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language QUALITY-OF-LIFE; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; ACTIVITY PARTICIPATION; NEGATIVE AFFECT; OLDEST-OLD; DEMENTIA; PEOPLE; PERSPECTIVES Multiple languages Environmental Sciences; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/30928