Measuring self-neglect among older adults : Translation of the Self-Neglect (SN-37)
Hämäläinen, Laura (2024-06-07)
Measuring self-neglect among older adults : Translation of the Self-Neglect (SN-37)
(07.06.2024)
Julkaisu on tekijänoikeussäännösten alainen. Teosta voi lukea ja tulostaa henkilökohtaista käyttöä varten. Käyttö kaupallisiin tarkoituksiin on kielletty.
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Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on:
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2024061753927
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2024061753927
Tiivistelmä
Self-neglect is a serious health problem where the individuals fail to meet their basic needs for health, safety and well-being, leading to deterioration in physical, mental, or emotional health. Self-neglectors have difficulties with taking care of their selves and they have nutritional frailty, arthritis, incontinence, vision problems, edema and often overweight. As the number of older adults is rapidly growing, while self-neglect as a serious health problem among older adults is increasing within. It is truly necessary for home care nurses who meets self-neglectors to have an instrument to help to recognize these individuals suffering from self-neglect. The purpose of this study was to identify the most reliable, valid and usable instrument to measure suspected self-neglect to be used in the Finnish context, translate it and validate by content.
There is existing eight (8) instruments to evaluate a possible self-neglect were found by literature review conducted using two databases: PubMed/Medline and CINAHL. All the instruments were assessed using the criteria regarding topic, validity and reliability presented by Zwakhalen and colleagues. The most reliable instrument was the Self-neglect 37 (SN-37). This instrument was forwad-back translated from the original English language to Finnish according to standard procedures. After translation of the instrument, expert panel of five (5) members was hold in Finland to assess the content and its suitability. The experts were all experienced nurses with home care work experience.
Panelists accepted the important topic of self-neglect. The SN-37 is conducted in Ireland and there were pointed out some items of the instrument that were argued their relevance and translation. These items were related to social behavior of individual, residence, and social welfare.
The SN-37 is versatile, serving both as a tool for measuring SN and for developing practical interventions. In the future, it will be necessary to test the psychometric properties of the translated SN-37 instrument. The SN-37 is a crucial instrument for assessing potential self-neglect and, more broadly, for evaluating potential service needs in healthcare. It can be used in hospital clinics, home care settings, community health centers and research and policy making.
There is existing eight (8) instruments to evaluate a possible self-neglect were found by literature review conducted using two databases: PubMed/Medline and CINAHL. All the instruments were assessed using the criteria regarding topic, validity and reliability presented by Zwakhalen and colleagues. The most reliable instrument was the Self-neglect 37 (SN-37). This instrument was forwad-back translated from the original English language to Finnish according to standard procedures. After translation of the instrument, expert panel of five (5) members was hold in Finland to assess the content and its suitability. The experts were all experienced nurses with home care work experience.
Panelists accepted the important topic of self-neglect. The SN-37 is conducted in Ireland and there were pointed out some items of the instrument that were argued their relevance and translation. These items were related to social behavior of individual, residence, and social welfare.
The SN-37 is versatile, serving both as a tool for measuring SN and for developing practical interventions. In the future, it will be necessary to test the psychometric properties of the translated SN-37 instrument. The SN-37 is a crucial instrument for assessing potential self-neglect and, more broadly, for evaluating potential service needs in healthcare. It can be used in hospital clinics, home care settings, community health centers and research and policy making.