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1Yale University School of Nursing, 100 Church Street, New Haven, CT 06536-0740, USA. janine.cataldo@yale.edu
Abstract:
Disability is an often expensive and sometimes preventable consequence of chronic illness. This study explored the relationship of hardiness and depression to disability in a sample (N = 58) of aged, institutionalized persons, controlling for length of stay (LOS) in the nursing home and physical health status. Using hierarchical regression analysis, LOS and physical health status accounted for 14.7% of the variance in disability (p = .01). Hardiness explained an additional 10.5% of the variance (p = .008). Depression accounted for an additional 7.4% (p = .02) of the variance in disability. The results of this study support the premise that psychological factors may increase a person's degree of disability beyond what might be expected from the physical illness or injury alone.
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