Bathing / Hygiene Self-Care Deficit: Defining Characteristics and Related Factors Across Age Groups and Diagnosis-Related Groups in an Acute Care Setting
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Bathing / Hygiene Self-Care Deficit: Defining Characteristics and Related Factors Across Age Groups and Diagnosis-Related Groups in an Acute Care Setting
The purpose of this descriptive study was to validate the nursing diagnosis, bathing/hygine self-care deficit. Defining characteristics and related factors were abstracted retrospectively from a computerized patient care planning database. Data were treated to descriptive statistics and chi-square analysis to determine frequencies and percentages. Major support was found for the defining characteristic “inability to wash body or body parts” (84%) and minor support was garnered for “inability to obtain/access water source” (77%). Related factors associated with the diagnosis were also examined for this acute-care patient population. The percentages of occurrence were decreased activity tolerance (40%); mobility impairment (24%). pain (19%), musculoskeletal impairment (19%), neuromuscular impairment (9%), and perceptual or cognitive impairment (4%). The diagnosis was found among 80 DRCs and across all age groups (range, 9–92 years).
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