Upplevd meningsfullhet och välbefinnande hos ensamboende pensionärer över 65 år genom aktiviteter med sin hund - en kvalitativ intervjustudie
(2023) ATPK62 20222Department of Health Sciences
Sustainable occupations and health in a life course perspective
- Abstract
- Background: Transition from work to retirement can affect well-being through changed activities and roles. Meaningful activities are important to maintain health. Activities could be defined by doing, being, becoming and belonging, and meaning and well-being are related to doing activities with their dog. Aim: Investigate how activities with one's own dog affect the subjective experience of meaning and well-being in seniors who are 65 years of age or older living alone.
Method: Qualitative cross-sectional study with inductive approach and manifest content analysis of semistructured interviews. Respondents were recruited via Facebook, resulting in nine interviews. Interviews were transcribed and categories emerged in the analysis based on... (More) - Background: Transition from work to retirement can affect well-being through changed activities and roles. Meaningful activities are important to maintain health. Activities could be defined by doing, being, becoming and belonging, and meaning and well-being are related to doing activities with their dog. Aim: Investigate how activities with one's own dog affect the subjective experience of meaning and well-being in seniors who are 65 years of age or older living alone.
Method: Qualitative cross-sectional study with inductive approach and manifest content analysis of semistructured interviews. Respondents were recruited via Facebook, resulting in nine interviews. Interviews were transcribed and categories emerged in the analysis based on the manifest content. Result: Activities with their dog gave life meaning through changed activity-patterns, role with responsibility, structure and increased mental and physical well-being. Increased social contact and various activities with the dog affected the perceived meaningfulness and well-being. Conclusion: Activities with the dog added meaning and belonging. New roles through becoming and doing where shaped around the dog's needs, the relationship contributed to being and well-being. Results are significant for occupational therapy and occupational science through deeper understanding of the dog's importance for the owner's everyday life. The result provides incentives for further research. (Less) - Abstract (Swedish)
- Bakgrund: Övergången från arbetsliv till pensionärsliv kan påverka välbefinnandet genom att förändra aktiviteter och roller. Det är viktigt att göra meningsfulla aktiviteter för att bibehålla hälsan. Begreppet aktivitet kan definieras genom doing, being, becoming och belonging, och mening och välbefinnande relateras till upplevelser av att göra aktiviteter med egen hund.
Syfte: Att undersöka hur aktiviteter med egen hund påverkar den subjektiva upplevelsen av meningsfullhet och välbefinnande hos ensamboende pensionärer som är 65 år eller äldre.
Metod: Kvalitativ tvärsnittsstudie med induktiv ansats och manifest innehållsanalys av semistrukturerade intervjuer. Respondenter rekryterades via Facebook, vilket resulterade i nio intervjuer.... (More) - Bakgrund: Övergången från arbetsliv till pensionärsliv kan påverka välbefinnandet genom att förändra aktiviteter och roller. Det är viktigt att göra meningsfulla aktiviteter för att bibehålla hälsan. Begreppet aktivitet kan definieras genom doing, being, becoming och belonging, och mening och välbefinnande relateras till upplevelser av att göra aktiviteter med egen hund.
Syfte: Att undersöka hur aktiviteter med egen hund påverkar den subjektiva upplevelsen av meningsfullhet och välbefinnande hos ensamboende pensionärer som är 65 år eller äldre.
Metod: Kvalitativ tvärsnittsstudie med induktiv ansats och manifest innehållsanalys av semistrukturerade intervjuer. Respondenter rekryterades via Facebook, vilket resulterade i nio intervjuer. Intervjuerna transkriberades och i analysen framträdde kategorier baserade på det manifesta innehållet
Resultat: Aktiviteter med egen hund gav livet mening genom ändrade aktivitetsmönster, roll med ansvar, struktur och ökat psykiskt och fysiskt välbefinnande. Ökat socialt umgänge och olika aktiviteter med hunden påverkade respondenternas upplevda meningsfullhet och välbefinnande.
Slutsats: Hunden tillför aktiviteter som ger upplevelser av meningsfullhet och belonging. Rollen som ägare ger becoming och doing som skapas runt hundens behov, samtidigt som relationen bidrar till being och välbefinnande. Resultatet har betydelse för arbetsterapi och aktivitetsvetenskap genom en djupare insikt om hundens betydelse för ägarens vardag. Resultatet visar på behov av vidare forskning. (Less)
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- author
- Grundén, Linda LU and Wernerheim Sobhie, Johanna LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Perceived meaningfulness and well-being in pensioners over 65, living alone, through activities with their dog - a qualitative interview study
- course
- ATPK62 20222
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Aktivitetsmönster, äldre, husdjur, roll, välmående, sociala relationer, arbetsterapi, aktivitetsvetenskap, Occupational patterns, elderly, pets, wellness, social interactions, occupational therapy, occupational science
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9108291
- date added to LUP
- 2023-01-20 14:51:46
- date last changed
- 2023-01-20 14:51:46
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Method: Qualitative cross-sectional study with inductive approach and manifest content analysis of semistructured interviews. Respondents were recruited via Facebook, resulting in nine interviews. Interviews were transcribed and categories emerged in the analysis based on the manifest content. Result: Activities with their dog gave life meaning through changed activity-patterns, role with responsibility, structure and increased mental and physical well-being. Increased social contact and various activities with the dog affected the perceived meaningfulness and well-being. Conclusion: Activities with the dog added meaning and belonging. New roles through becoming and doing where shaped around the dog's needs, the relationship contributed to being and well-being. Results are significant for occupational therapy and occupational science through deeper understanding of the dog's importance for the owner's everyday life. The result provides incentives for further research.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Upplevd meningsfullhet och välbefinnande hos ensamboende pensionärer över 65 år genom aktiviteter med sin hund - en kvalitativ intervjustudie}},
year = {{2023}},
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