Webbläsaren som du använder stöds inte av denna webbplats. Alla versioner av Internet Explorer stöds inte längre, av oss eller Microsoft (läs mer här: * https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/windows/end-of-ie-support).

Var god och använd en modern webbläsare för att ta del av denna webbplats, som t.ex. nyaste versioner av Edge, Chrome, Firefox eller Safari osv.

Everyday activities and social contacts among older deaf sign language users: relationships to health and well-being.

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

The purpose of this study was to describe the everyday activities and social contacts among older deaf sign language users, and to investigate relationships between these phenomena and the health and well-being within this group. The study population comprised deaf sign language users, 65 years or older, in Sweden. Data collection was based on interviews in sign language, including open-ended questions covering everyday activities and social contacts as well as self-rated instruments measuring aspects of health and subjective well-being. The results demonstrated that the group of participants was homogeneous in their productive and leisure activities, regardless of gender and age. The number of productive activities was related to all aspects of health, while the number of leisure activities was related to perceived health and subjective well-being. No significant relationship was found between aspects of health and subjective well-being and the frequency of social contacts with family/relatives or visiting the deaf club and meeting friends. It is concluded that the variety of activities at the deaf clubs are important for the subjective well-being of older deaf sign language users. Further research should investigate the importance and perceived value of the various activities at the deaf clubs. When evaluating the results of this study, the fact that the total number of participants was small, and the dropout rate was high, has to be borne in mind.

Publiceringsår

2006

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

23-207

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Occupational Therapy International

Volym

13

Issue

4

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Whurr Publishing

Ämne

  • Occupational Therapy

Nyckelord

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Health Status
  • Hearing Impaired Persons
  • Humans
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Leisure Activities
  • Life Style
  • Male
  • Questionnaires
  • Sign Language
  • Sweden

Status

Published

Projekt

  • Quality of life among older deaf sign language users

Forskningsgrupp

  • Sustainable occupations and health in a life course perspective

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1557-0703