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- Bagyura, Márton, et al.
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The Usability of the COPE Index in a Hungarian Sample : Testing the Reliability and Component Structure of the Three Subscales of the Index
- 2024
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In: Journal of Long-Term Care. - 2516-9122. ; , s. 322-333
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Context: The COPE Index is a standardised instrument for use as a first assessment of negative impact, positive value, and quality of support among informal carers of older people, validated and available in several languages. However, this instrument has not been tested in a Hungarian sample. Objectives: The aim of the present study is to translate and adapt the COPE Index for use with Hungarian-speaking informal carers, exploring the Index’s component structure and internal consistency. Method: Following standard translation procedures, a Hungarian version of the Index was included in a questionnaire used in a cross-sectional online survey of carers. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to examine the component structure of the instrument, followed by an analysis of the internal consistency reliability of the emergent components. Findings: PCA produced three components from the Index that largely matched those of the original instrument in the case of the full sample; however, in the case of active carers, we could not replicate the same components. Cronbach’s α was satisfactory for all subscales derived from the components. Conclusion: The Index is used in many European countries, and this study has produced a comparable and reliable instrument for use among Hungarian-speaking carers, considering the characteristics of the examined sample. Limitation: The sample is primarily drawn from Facebook, thus it may not fully represent the characteristics of family caregivers in the population. Implications: The Index help in examining the impacts of caregiving and the quality of support among Hungarian-speaking carers, which can contribute to developing more appropriate and effective policies to support them.
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- Barbabella, Francesco, et al.
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Deliverable 3.6: Final report on the “Methodological Framework”
- 2011
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This report proposes a framework for Impact Assessment of ICT-enabled services to support informal carers, at family, organisational and national levels, and applies this framework to assess the evidence for impact in 12 cases from Europe and North America.
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- Iwarsson, Susanne, et al.
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Importance of the home environment for healthy aging: conceptual and methodological background of the European ENABLE-AGE Project.
- 2007
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In: The Gerontologist. - 1758-5341. ; 47:1, s. 78-84
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Currently in Europe as well as in the United States, an increasing proportion of very old people remain living in their homes despite declines in physical and mental health. Together with the fact that the population of very old people is rapidly increasing (Mathers, Sadana, Salamon, Murray, Lopez, 2001; United Nations Development Programme, 2001), this poses new challenges to societal planning and housing development (Gitlin, 2003).
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- Nygren, Carita, et al.
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Relationships between objective and perceived housing in very old age
- 2007
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In: The Gerontologist. - 1758-5341. ; 47:1, s. 85-95
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Purpose: Our purpose in this study was to explore relationships between aspects of objective and perceived housing in five European samples of very old adults, as well as to investigate whether cross-national comparable patterns exist. Design and Methods: We utilized data from the first wave of the ENABLE-AGE Survey Study. The five national samples totalled 1,918 individuals aged 75 to 89 years. Objective assessments of the home environment covered the number of environmental barriers as well as the magnitude of accessibility problems (an aspect of person-environment fit). To assess perceptions of housing, we used instruments on usability, meaning of home, and housing satisfaction. We also assessed housing-related control. Results: Overall, the results revealed that the magnitude of accessibility problems, rather than the number of physical environmental barriers, was associated with perceptions of activity-oriented aspects of housing. That is, very old people living in more accessible housing perceived their homes as more useful and meaningful in relation to their routines and everyday activities, and they were less dependent on external control in relation to their housing. The patterns of such relationships were similar in the five national samples. Implications: Objective and perceived aspects of housing have to be considered in order to understand the dynamics of aging in place, and the results can be used in practice contexts that target housing for senior citizens.
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- Oswald, Frank, et al.
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Relationships between housing and healthy aging in very old age
- 2007
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In: The Gerontologist. - 1758-5341. ; 47:1, s. 96-107
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Purpose: The aim of this work is to examine the relationship between aspects of objective and perceived housing and aspects of healthy aging, defined as independence in daily activities and subjective wellbeing. Furthermore, this research examined the comparability of relationships between housing and healthy aging in the five European countries. Design and Methods: Data were drawn from the ENABLE-AGE Project, from home interviews with a sample of 1,918 very old people aged 75. to 89 years living alone in their own homes in Swedish, German, British, Hungarian and Latvian urban areas. Results: Participants living in better accessible homes, who perceive their home as meaningful and useful, and who think that external influences are not responsible for their housing situation are more independent in daily activities and have a better sense of well-being. Moreover, these results apply to all five national samples. Implications: The findings can widen the perspective when striving for barrier-free building standards, to encompass a holistic approach that takes both objective and perceived aspects of housing into account. Home modification and relocation should not be prescribed, but need to be negotiated with older adults to take into account their personal preferences.
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