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

[EN] 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 proc...

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Autores: González González, Estela, Requena Hernández, Carmen
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de León
Repositorio:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
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Palabra clave:Psicología
Self-care
Older adults
Aging
Friendly
Development
2490 Neurociencias
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spelling Practices of Self-Care in Healthy Old Age: A Field StudyGonzález González, EstelaRequena Hernández, CarmenPsicologíaSelf-careOlder adultsAgingFriendlyDevelopment2490 Neurociencias[EN] 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 personal development. Older people who carry out activities in a developmental approach showed better everyday memory (8.63 points) and attention levels (7.00 points) than older people who carry out activities using a conservative approach (memory: 7.43; attention level: 6.40). Conclusion: The results evidenced that the frequency and variety of activities that promote personal development are associated with better attention and memory performance.SIMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación (2022/00216/001)MDPIPsicologia Evolutiva y de la EducacionFacultad de Educacion2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://www.mdpi.com/2308-3417/8/3/54https://hdl.handle.net/10612/23247reponame:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Leóninstname:Universidad de LeónInglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/2022%2F00216%2F001http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/232472026-06-24T12:43:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Practices of Self-Care in Healthy Old Age: A Field Study
title Practices of Self-Care in Healthy Old Age: A Field Study
spellingShingle Practices of Self-Care in Healthy Old Age: A Field Study
González González, Estela
Psicología
Self-care
Older adults
Aging
Friendly
Development
2490 Neurociencias
title_short Practices of Self-Care in Healthy Old Age: A Field Study
title_full Practices of Self-Care in Healthy Old Age: A Field Study
title_fullStr Practices of Self-Care in Healthy Old Age: A Field Study
title_full_unstemmed Practices of Self-Care in Healthy Old Age: A Field Study
title_sort Practices of Self-Care in Healthy Old Age: A Field Study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv González González, Estela
Requena Hernández, Carmen
author González González, Estela
author_facet González González, Estela
Requena Hernández, Carmen
author_role author
author2 Requena Hernández, Carmen
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Psicologia Evolutiva y de la Educacion
Facultad de Educacion
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Psicología
Self-care
Older adults
Aging
Friendly
Development
2490 Neurociencias
topic Psicología
Self-care
Older adults
Aging
Friendly
Development
2490 Neurociencias
description [EN] 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 personal development. Older people who carry out activities in a developmental approach showed better everyday memory (8.63 points) and attention levels (7.00 points) than older people who carry out activities using a conservative approach (memory: 7.43; attention level: 6.40). Conclusion: The results evidenced that the frequency and variety of activities that promote personal development are associated with better attention and memory performance.
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