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O Dehlin

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PubMed1976

Psychological perception of nursing aides' work. An attitude study in a geriatric hospital.

To evaluate the psychological perception of nursing aides' work a questionnaire study was performed in a long-term care (geriatric) hospital. 233 out of 273 nursing aides participated (85.4%). Seven scales were obtained: relation with supervisors and workmates, perceived need for information, satisfaction with the work itself, perceived need for education, perceived demand for physical and psychic strength, perceived strain, adjustment to geriatric work. Differences were found between young and older nursing aides, e.g. the young nursing aides percerived less demand for physical and psychic strength and the older nursing aides had a better adjustment to geriatric work. The most important factors for the overall satisfaction with the work were satisfaction with the work itself, perceived strain, and adjustment to geriatric work. Comparisons were also made between the nursing aides and industrial workers and employees.

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PubMed1975

Lifting burden for a nursing aide during patient care in a geriatric ward.

The lifting burden of a nursing aide during work in a geriatric ward was determined by using a force-plate. Three lifting operations were performed for all patients needing lifting assistance. At the same time as the forces obtained from the force-plate were recorded, the lifts were photographed. The lifting burden during nursing often equalled or exceeded the recommendations of various authors concerning permissible maximum weight loads during different types of lifts. The lifts were often performed under unfavourable conditions and seldom with an "ideal" lifting technique.

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Medical, social and psychological factors as predictors of survival - a follow-up from 67 to 87 years of age.

All pensioners in a primary care district (n=142) participating in a multi-disciplinary population study were followed from 67 years of age to the age of 87 with regard to survival. A multivariate survival analysis of psychological and social factors and medical symptoms at 67 years of age was used to test the relationship between such data and survival. Out of the 23 original medical, social and psychological factors/variables, the successive ranking risk factors for men were: positive attitudes to old-age homes, high social class, many reported disease at age 67, low degree of need satisfaction, and many reported earlier disease. For women the ranking of risk factors for early death were: early death age of mother, low degree of social rigidity, smoking, field-dependency and need of social help. The results reflect the interplay between hereditary, medical, social and psychological factors in predicting survival and how this interplay differs between males and females.

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Laboratory values, symptoms and survival in an 80-year-old population.

Medical, psychological and sociological factors were related to laboratory values in an 80-year-old population encompassing 211 persons. 21% of the men and 17% of the women had elevated ESR. 36% had elevated blood glucose (7% had diabetes). 13% of the men and 7% of the women had anaemia. Persons with anaemia generally had a lower quality of life compared with non-anaemic persons. Low haemoglobin, elevated ESR and low serum iron were all associated with impaired subjective and objective health. There were no significant correlations between the laboratory data and psychological and social parameters. The survival over 5 years was significantly decreased for those with anaemia, elevated ESR, high white blood count, high blood glucose, low serum iron or deviating serum potassium.

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Social class and social mobility--effects on survival. A study of an entire birth cohort during an 80-year life span.

The survival of all individuals living within a limited area (N = 489), born in 1902 and 1903, were studied from birth until 80 years of age according to parents' social class, own social class, and occupational mobility. There were no statistical significant differences in survival according to parents' social class. Bivariate survival analysis between 20-80 years of age, based on own social class, shown no significant differences. Concerning social mobility, when males and females were analyzed separately, those men with no mobility had a significantly lower survival rate than those with downward or upward mobility. For women there was no such difference in survival. In a multivariate survival analysis among eight social factors, sex and marital status had the greatest effect on survival between 20-80 years of age. Widows and widowers had, unexpectedly, a higher survival compared to married and never married persons.

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Medical, psychological, and sociological aspects of drug treatment in 80-year-olds.

The use of drugs was related to medical, psychological, and sociological parameters in an 80-year-old population. Use of drugs on the whole, as well as the use of specific drug categories such as digitalis, diuretics, other cardiovascular drugs, hypnotics, sedatives, analgesics and laxatives were related to an impaired quality of life. However, the use of vitamins and herbal pills was not related to an impaired quality of life. Use of hypnotics was related to neuroticism and to depressed mood. Persons using digitalis, diuretics and other cardiovascular drugs felt more lonely and had a stronger feeling of loneliness. According to a discriminant analysis, five questions could identify 70% of the persons using drugs. These questions were: frequency of visits to the doctor, subjective health, smoking (smokers used fewer drugs), feeling of loneliness, and objective health.

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