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Housing Matters for People with Parkinson´s disease. Accessibility, Meaning, Control and Activities of Daily Living
Parkinson´s disease (PD) is one of the most common neurological diseases with both motor and non-motor symptoms that can be perceived as difficult to control despite medical treatment. This leads to several consequences in everyday life for example difficulties in activities of daily living (ADL), sometimes already at diagnosis. Therefore, rehabilitation is important to manage the consequences of the disease and to improve health. Furthermore, ADL performance is dependent on the environment one interacts with, and housing is one environment associated with different health outcomes in the ageing population. However, housing matters constitutes a knowledge gap for people with PD. Therefore, the overall aim of this thesis was to increase the knowledge of housing matters for people with PD living in ordinary housing in Sweden, covering both objective and perceived aspect of housing. Furthermore, psychometric evaluations of instruments capturing perceived housing were performed. This thesis has a quantitative approach and is based on baseline and three-year follow-up data from the longitudinal study “Home and health in people ageing with PD” (HHPD). The data collection was done through questionnaires and clinical assessments at home visits. Study I was a three-year cohort study that included 138 participants and explored environmental barriers and housing accessibility for people with PD. Both parametric and non-parametric statistics were used to explore change over time. The results show that the top ten environmental barriers that generated accessibility problems were largely the same over the three years, although with notable changes in order and magnitude. Barriers in hygiene areas, kitchens and entrances were ranked at the top at baseline, while a barrier in the exterior surrounding generated the most accessibility problems after three years. Studies II and III were cross-sectional and evaluated psychometric properties of the Meaning of Home Questionnaire (MOH) and external Housing-Related Control Belief ...
Housing Matters for People with Parkinson´s disease. Accessibility, Meaning, Control and Activities of Daily Living
Parkinson´s disease (PD) is one of the most common neurological diseases with both motor and non-motor symptoms that can be perceived as difficult to control despite medical treatment. This leads to several consequences in everyday life for example difficulties in activities of daily living (ADL), sometimes already at diagnosis. Therefore, rehabilitation is important to manage the consequences of the disease and to improve health. Furthermore, ADL performance is dependent on the environment one interacts with, and housing is one environment associated with different health outcomes in the ageing population. However, housing matters constitutes a knowledge gap for people with PD. Therefore, the overall aim of this thesis was to increase the knowledge of housing matters for people with PD living in ordinary housing in Sweden, covering both objective and perceived aspect of housing. Furthermore, psychometric evaluations of instruments capturing perceived housing were performed. This thesis has a quantitative approach and is based on baseline and three-year follow-up data from the longitudinal study “Home and health in people ageing with PD” (HHPD). The data collection was done through questionnaires and clinical assessments at home visits. Study I was a three-year cohort study that included 138 participants and explored environmental barriers and housing accessibility for people with PD. Both parametric and non-parametric statistics were used to explore change over time. The results show that the top ten environmental barriers that generated accessibility problems were largely the same over the three years, although with notable changes in order and magnitude. Barriers in hygiene areas, kitchens and entrances were ranked at the top at baseline, while a barrier in the exterior surrounding generated the most accessibility problems after three years. Studies II and III were cross-sectional and evaluated psychometric properties of the Meaning of Home Questionnaire (MOH) and external Housing-Related Control Belief ...
Housing Matters for People with Parkinson´s disease. Accessibility, Meaning, Control and Activities of Daily Living
Andersson, Nilla (author)
2022-01-01
Lund University, Faculty of Medicine Doctoral Disseration Series; (2022:152) (2022) ; ISSN: 1652-8220
Theses
Electronic Resource
English
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690
DIFFICULTIES, DEPENDENCE, AND HOUSING ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE AGING WITH A DISABILITY
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