Sadang Jonaid M, Palompon Daisy R
College of Health Sciences, Mindanao State University, Marawi City, 9700, Philippines.
College of Nursing, Cebu Normal University, Cebu City, 6000, Philippines.
Belitung Nurs J. 2021 Apr 29;7(2):72-77. doi: 10.33546/bnj.1300. eCollection 2021.
Resiliency for older people represents the capacity to return to equilibrium when difficulties arise and was found as integral predictor of their health status. This study aims to develop a theory that attempts to explain the older adults' resiliency perspectives during crisis and how it has affected their well-being and quality of life as population group. Deductive theory generation using axiomatic approach was adopted resulting to five axioms that served as basis for the generation of three propositions such as: (1) An older person's health needs have tendencies to develop into a health threat, (2) when the threat is perceived, older persons developed a sense of internal control and adaptation to the changes it creates known as internal resiliency, and (3) internal resiliency can influence the quality of life in old age. The evolved theory suggests that in times of crisis (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic), health needs develop into a health threat that compels older persons to develop internal resiliency in order to preserve their integrity, wellbeing and quality of life. This study widens the nursing perspectives in addressing older persons' resiliency by the unique condition at which older clients are placed affecting both the pathological nature of the illness as well as the preventive interventions which the society is forced to implement.
老年人的复原力是指在遇到困难时恢复平衡的能力，并且被发现是其健康状况的一个重要预测指标。本研究旨在构建一种理论，试图解释老年人在危机期间的复原力观点，以及它作为一个人群群体如何影响他们的幸福感和生活质量。采用了基于公理方法的演绎理论生成法，得出了五条公理，这些公理作为生成三个命题的基础，例如：（1）老年人的健康需求有发展成为健康威胁的倾向，（2）当察觉到威胁时，老年人会形成一种内部控制感，并适应其带来的变化，即所谓的内部复原力，以及（3）内部复原力会影响老年生活质量。该演变后的理论表明，在危机时期（如新冠疫情），健康需求会发展成为一种健康威胁，迫使老年人发展内部复原力，以维护他们的尊严、幸福感和生活质量。本研究拓宽了护理视角，通过老年客户所处的独特状况来应对老年人的复原力问题，这种状况既影响疾病的病理性质，也影响社会被迫实施的预防干预措施。
