00000cam a22000004a 4500 UP-1685523046125441620 Buklod 20230503092606.0 a r |||| u| ta 071031s xx d r |||| u| UPM-Nursing LG 995 1978 N8 B37 Barrameda, Mary Constancy Caoile. Measuring health status of a Tinguian community Mary Constancy Caoile Barrameda. 163 leaves Thesis (Master of Arts in Nursing) -- University of the Philippines The proliferation of health programs and health policies has created a need for measuring health status in as direct a manner as possible.{{{{Constructing a measuring instrument for health status has been difficult owing to the fact that health is a complex phenomenon. Clinical instruments of health are attempted by authorities in the medical world but these prove to be inadequate. Bio-physical parameters are far from being settled because units for measurement of these clinical dimensions are not the same. Social scientists recommend the measurement of the performance of functions based on the hypothesis that a person is healthy if he is able to perform the functions and roles expected of him at a particular age level.{{{{This study aims at measuring health status in terms of performance of functions at particular age levels, using the function level scale and the symptom/problem complexes developed by Patrick, et al., (1973).{{{{In the construction of these scales, Patrick, et al. assigned roles and functions for the five age groups to which they had divided the life span of an individual. At 0 - 6 age group, the role of preschooler is assigned with the corresponding function of play; 7 - 17 age group the role of students with schoolwork as function; 18 - 39 age as employees/housekeepers with work/housekeeping as functions; 40 - 64 also as employee/housekeeper with work/housekeeping as functions; 0ver 65 age group as householder and keep house/leisure for functions.{{{{Based on several hundred case descriptions from medical texts, items from the survey instruments were selected to cover the range of disturbances in function status. By incorporating as many compatible features from the data sources and using decision logic tables to ensure ordinality of each classification, three mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive scales were defined, namely: physical activity, mobility and social activity. Combinations of the different steps of these three variables, yield 100 theoretical levels of function which were finally reduced to 29 function levels. Subjective symptomatic disturbances were incorporated in an independent set of 42 symptom/problem complexes.{{{{This instrument was pretested in one of the Tinguian barrios in the highlands. The results showed that respondents who were manifesting one or the other major symptoms were performing their major activities. Based on this findings it was found necessary to look into the lifestyle of the community where the test was to be conducted. It was also deemed necessary that the people's perception of health and illness, as well as their socio-economic conditions be looked into in addition to their daily and yearly work cycle. With these in mind, the exploratory design using the interview schedule and participant observation was the choice for data gathering.{{{{The actual study was conducted in a Tinguian community in Bo, Labaan of Bucloc District in the highlands of Abra. This was chosen on the basis of its homogeneity of culture (all were Tinguians) and economic status, because of health personnel and facilities, and it being the pilot area for the paramedical training course.{{{{Data gathering was done in three phases. The first was the economic survey, the second was on the perception of health and illness from the point of view of physique, social activity, physical activity, mobility, sleeping and eating patterns and personal hygiene. The third phase was on the function status and the existence of symptom/problem complexes. ... Public health--Philippines--Abra--Evalaution. Hygine, Public--Philippines--Abra. Health survey. UPMNL NURS LG 995 1978 N8 B27 Book