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Bathing disability in community-living older persons: common, consequential, and complex.

Aanand D Naik1, John Concato, Thomas M Gill

  • 1Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Baylor College of Medicine, 2002 Holcombe Road, Houston, TX 77030, USA. anaik@bmc.tmc.edu

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
|October 28, 2004
PubMed
Summary

Bathing disability is common in older adults, affecting multiple tasks due to issues like balance problems and fear of falling. Interventions must address this complexity for essential daily living activities.

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Area of Science:

  • Gerontology
  • Rehabilitation Science
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Bathing is an essential daily living activity for community-dwelling older adults.
  • Bathing disability is a significant concern impacting independence and quality of life in the elderly population.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify specific bathing subtasks affected in older adults with bathing disability.
  • To determine the self-reported reasons contributing to bathing disability in this demographic.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study involving 626 community-living individuals aged 73 and older.
  • Assessment of bathing disability, affected subtasks, and reasons for disability by trained research nurses.
  • Bathing disability defined as requiring personal assistance or experiencing difficulty with full-body washing and drying.

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Main Results:

  • 31% of participants (195 individuals) reported bathing disability.
  • Affected individuals reported an average of 4.0 affected bathing subtasks.
  • Common reasons included balance problems (28%), arthritis (26%), and fear of falling (23%).

Conclusions:

  • Bathing disability is prevalent among community-living older persons, impacting multiple subtasks.
  • The disability stems from various physical and psychological factors, highlighting its complex nature.
  • Interventions should consider the multifaceted challenges of bathing to support independence in daily living.