Este archivo ha sido creado el 10-05-2022 por Estela González González y Carmen Requena


GENERAL INFORMATION
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1. Title of Dataset: 

Self-care practices of healthy older adults [Dataset]


2. Authorship: 

Name: González González, Estela
Institution: Universidad de León 
Email: esgog@unileon.es
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3190-0103

Name: Requena, Carmen
Institution: Universidad de león 
Email: c.requena@unileon.es
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2427-8608



DESCRIPTION
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1. Dataset language: 
English 

2. Abstract:

[EN] Two competing psychological approaches for how to care for oneself to stay healthy in old age have coexisted and dominated the scientific literature. Objective: Identify the self-care practices of healthy older adults and establish the relationship between these practices and the cognitive processes involved. Method: 105 healthy older people (83.91% women) recorded their self-care practices using the Care Time Test and underwent a cognitive evaluation. Results: The frequency and variety of different activities that participants spent performing on a day of the week where they had the fewest obligations are as follows: nearly 7 h on seven survival activities, 4 h and 30 min on three maintenance of functional independence activities and 1 h on one activity that promoted personal development. Older people who carry out activities in a developmental approach showed better everyday memory (8.63 points) and attention levels (7.00 points) than older people who carry out activities using a conservative approach (memory: 7.43; attention level: 6.40). Conclusion: The results evidenced that the frequency and variety of activities that promote personal development are associated with better attention and memory performance

3. Keywords: 
Self-care Older adults Aging Friendly Development

4. Date of data collection:
 2021-2022

5. Publication Date:
 13-05-2023

6. Grant information:  
MICINN//2022/00216/001

7. Geographical location/s of data collection:

León (Spain)

ACCESS INFORMATION
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1. Dataset Creative Commons License:
CC BY 4.0

2. Dataset DOI: 

10.18002/10612/16428

3. Related publication:

González-González, E.; Requena, C. (2023) Practices of Self-Care in Healthy Old Age: A Field Study. Geriatrics, 8, 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics8030054

METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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FILE OVERVIEW
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2. Relationship between files:
 only one file

3. File format:
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DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION
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