Resnick B
School of Nursing, University of Maryland, Columbia, USA.
Clin Nurs Res. 1998 Aug;7(3):230-46; discussion 246-9. doi: 10.1177/105477389800700302.
Motivation has been identified as an important factor in the older adult's ability to perform functional activities. The purpose of this study was to explore functional performance and factors that have an impact on functional performance in nursing home residents. Participants included 44 White older adults from two nursing homes. The majority of the participants were female (84%). The mean age of the participants was 88 +/- 6.4 years and, on the average, they had been institutionalized for 2.85 +/- 2.8 years. Following data reduction of the predictors, two factors--motivation (efficacy beliefs and intrinsic motivation) and lower extremity function (contractures and standing balance)--were identified. In a stepwise multiple regression analysis, these two factors were the only variables that significantly predicted functional performance and accounted for 81% of the variance in function.
动机已被确认为影响老年人进行功能活动能力的一个重要因素。本研究的目的是探讨养老院居民的功能表现以及对功能表现有影响的因素。研究对象包括来自两家养老院的44名白人老年人。大部分参与者为女性（84%）。参与者的平均年龄为88±6.4岁，平均入住养老院2.85±2.8年。在对预测因素进行数据简化后，确定了两个因素——动机（效能信念和内在动机）和下肢功能（挛缩和站立平衡）。在逐步多元回归分析中，这两个因素是显著预测功能表现的唯一变量，解释了功能差异的81%。
