Practices of Self-Care in Healthy Old Age: A Field Study.

ABSTRACT: Two competing psychological approaches for how to care for oneself to stay healthy in old age have coexisted and dominated the scientific literature.

Objective

Identify the self-care practices of healthy older adults and establish the relationship between these practices and the cognitive processes involved.

Method

105 healthy older people (83.91% women) recorded their self-care practices using the Care Time Test and underwent a cognitive evaluation.

Results

The 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 per

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Gonzalez E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10204451 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature