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Selected Factors Related To Physical Functional Abilityamong Stroke Older Persons(ปัจจัยคัดสรรที่สัมพันธ์กับการทำหน้าที่ด้านร่างกายของผู้สูงอายุโรคหลอดเลือดสมอง), Boontarika Maneechot, Siriphan Sasat

Journal of Nursing Science Chulalongkorn University (วารสารพยาบาลศาสตร์)

Purpose: 1) To study the physical functional ability of stroke older persons and 2) To study relationships between gender, age, depression, social support, cognition, and physical functional ability of stroke older persons.Research Design: Descriptive correlational researchMethodology: The participants were 121 men and women with stroke, aged over 60, who visited the out-patient department of the 2 tertiary hospitals. They came from purposive sampling. The questionnaire was applied to collect data. The instruments were the demographic questionnaire, Social supports assessment, Thai Geriatric Depression Scale, cognition assessment using MMSE-Thai 2002, and Barthel ADL Index. The content validity is .92 and the reliability …