To improve the living environment in nursing homes, it is important to consider the opinions of all those who are involved closely in institutional elder care. Correction of deficiencies should be a priority and should result in more engagement with residents.
Health care is one of the fastest growing areas in terms of care, treatment and the exploitation of new technology in Slovenia. There is a great need for standurds and protocols that can ensure that education and work of health care professionals will be built upon common EU evidence based practice, EU directives and regulations and according to the state of the art in nursing. At the same time the "health enterprises" and the Chamber of Nursing feel that many of their needs and requirements are not met by current curricula in nursing colleges. As a consequence the educational, governmental and "industrial " institutions from Slovenia, UK, Italy and Greece have determined to work on above problems. EU agreed to support the project under the Phare Tempus Framework and the aim of this paper is to briefly present the ODIN aims and structure.
Uvod: Starostno obdobje spremljajo številne spremembe, ki povečajo starostnikovo ranljivost in hkrati oblikujejo značilne simptome depresije ter vplivajo na kakovost življenja. Namen raziskave je ugotoviti razlike v kakovosti življenja, vključevanju v družabne aktivnosti in samooceni zdravja starostnikov z depresijo in starostnikov brez depresije.
Metode: Raziskava je temeljila na kvantitativni metodologiji. Vključenih je bilo 138 oseb, od tega 69 oseb z depresivno motnjo in 69 oseb brez depresivne motnje. Podatki so bili pridobljeni z osebnim anketiranjem starostnikov, ki so bili stanovalci izbranih domov za starejše občane v Pomurju. Uporabljen je bil vprašalnik EuroQol-5D (Euro Quality of life – 5 Dimension), zanesljivost je bila dobra (r = 0,86). Raziskava je potekala oktobra 2013. Pridobljeni podatki so bili obdelani v statističnem programu IBM SPSS Statistics ver. 19.0. Za testiranje hipotez je bil uporabljen test hi-kvadrat.
Rezultati: Rezultati pokažejo, da je kakovost življenja depresivnih anketirancev značilno slabša (p < 0,001) kot kakovost življenja anketirancev brez depresije. Anketiranci z depresijo se značilno manj (p < 0,005) vključujejo v družabne aktivnosti. Prav tako je samoocena zdravja anketirancev z depresijo, prikazana z vizualno analogno lestvico, značilno slabša (p < 0,001).
Diskusija in zaključek: Depresija povzroča hudo poslabšanje kakovosti življenja obolelih oseb. Starostniki z depresijo, ki bivajo v domskem varstvu, pogosteje opuščajo aktivnosti, za katere bi bili še zmožni, in se manj vključujejo v družabne aktivnosti. Več pozornosti je potrebno nameniti za ohranjanje obstoječih sposobnosti starostnikov in tako ohraniti posameznikov občutek lastne učinkovitosti in zadovoljstva.
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