Self care and life style of hemiplegic patients: a test of Orem's theory

ABSTRACT

The objective of the study was to test the fesibility of application of Orem's self-care theory on hemiplegic patients. the sample comprised 100 patients with recent hemiplegia. Data were collected from the physical. Therapy Department of Gamal Abdel Naser Health Insurance Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, through interview. The Health Promoting Life Style Profile Scale was used to assess the individual patterns of healthful life style behavior. The exercise of self-Care Agency Scale also was used to measure the four subconstructs that contributed to person's exercise of self-care agency. The result showed that for males aged 60 years and more, those with high school education and more had a mean score of 82.18 for the exercise of self-care agency and 71.41 for healthful life style. The corresponding means for those with less than high school education were 52.67 and 56.38 respectively. For females those with less than high school education, the mean scores were 79 for exercise of self-care agency and 63 for healthful life style