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Déterminants de la valeur accordée à l'autonomie dans les activités de la vie quotidienne par les aînés en perte d'autonomie*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

Suzanne Quénec'hdu  and
Réjean Hébert
Suzanne Quénec'hdu
Affiliation:
Foyer St-Joseph de Sherbrooke
Réjean Hébert
Affiliation:
Centre de recherches en gériatrie et gérontologie de l'Hôpital d'Youville
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Abstract

The value that the elderly put on being autonomous is an intrinsic characteristic of the aging population that can have a decisive influence on their motivation to maintain or recover their autonomy. This study was designed to examine the importance that elderly people who have lost their autonomy put on the ability to perform themselves five activities of daily living: eating, washing, dressing, eliminating and moving around. It also explores the influence of age, sex, place of residence, level of physical autonomy, feeling of well-being and socio-economic status on the value put on autonomy. A non-probabilistic sample of 68 elderly subjects was interviewed and the value put on autonomy was evaluated using two instruments: Osgood, Suci and Tannenbaum's differential semantic, and Torrance's time trade-off technique. The results suggest that the subjects consider physical autonomy very important. Educational level and the degree of physical autonomy were the main factors linked to importance. However, no link with age or place of residence (institution vs. home) was found.

Résumé

La valeur que les gens âgés accordent au fait d'être autonome est une caractéristique intrinsèque de cette population qui peut avoir une influence déterminante sur sa motivation à maintenir ou récupérer son autonomie. Cette étude vise à verifier l'importance accordée, par les gens âgés en perte d'autonomie, à la capacité à exécuter seuls cinq activités de la vie quotidienne: se nourrir, se laver, s'habiller, éliminer et se déplacer. Elle explore aussi l'influence de l'âge, du sexe, du lieu de résidence, du niveau d'autonomie physique, du sentiment de bien-être et du statut socio-économique sur la valeur accordée à l'autonomie. Un échantillon non-probabiliste de 68 sujets âgés a été interrogé et la valeur accordée à l'autonomie a été mesurée à l'aide de deux instruments: le différentiel sémantique d'Osgood, Suci et Tannenbaum et le troc temporel de Torrance. Les résultats suggèrent que les sujets accordent une forte importance à l'autonomie physique. Le niveau éducationnel et le niveau d'autonomie physique sont les principaux facteurs liés à cette importance. Par contre, aucun lien n'a été démontré avec l'âge ou le lieu de résidence (institution vs. domicile personnel).

Keywords

Valeursmotivationadaptationautonomieactivités de la vie quotidienne.ValuesMotivationAdaptationAutonomyActivities of Daily Living.
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Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , Winter/hiver 1995 , pp. 706 - 718
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 1995

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