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margrét brynjólfsdóttir, guðrún pálmadóttir og sólveig ása árnadóttir
66 tímarit hjúkrunarfræðinga • 1. tbl. 94. árg. 2018
Aim: The mean life expectancy for icelanders is steadily growing
at the same time as there are increasing demands that older people
stay in their own homes. in southern Westfjords, 13.6% of the res-
idents were 65 years or older in the year 2013. The purpose of this
study was to investigate daily activities and participation among
community-dwelling older people in this area.
Method: a descriptive cross-sectional design was used and the
sample consisted of all community-dwelling residents, 65 years or
older. Participants were 68 women and 61 men, aged 65–91 years
(participation rate=80.1%). Data was collected with the Late Life
function and Disability instrument where participants self-as-
sessed their difficulties in activities as well as frequency and limi-
tations of participation. The instrument provides interval scale
scores (0-100) where a higher score means less difficulties in ac-
tivities, more frequent participation, and less participation restric-
tions. Data was analysed by gender and age-groups (65–74 years
and 75–91 years) and statistical significance set at p<0.05.
Results: Overall, men reported less difficulties in activities
(M=68.0) than women (M=61.3), and the same was true for the
younger age-group (M=72.2) compared to the older (M=57.4). fre-
quency of participation was higher for women (M=51.9) than men
(M=49.2) and also higher for the younger age-group (M=52.0) than
the older (M=49.3). Moreover, the older age-group experienced
their participation to be more limited than the older group
(M=68.8 and M=78.8). Participants described variety of barriers
that older citizens have to overcome for participation in self-care
and social life.
Conclusion: The results provide valuable information on activities
and participation of older residents in a rural setting and have prac-
tical implications for community services in the research area.
Key-words: activities of daily living; aging; geriatrics; health; So-
cial participation, rural.
Correspondent: maggabr@gmail.com
English Summary
Brynjolfsdottir, M., Palmadottir, g., arnadottir, S.a.
activities and Participation among older adults:
Population based Study on 65–91 Years residents in Southern Westfjords