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Table 2 Participant characteristics of residents and assistant nurses at Swedish nursing home

From: Dignity in bodily care at the end of life in a nursing home: an ethnographic study

 

Residents (n= 19)

Assistant nurses (n= 22)

Sex

  

  Female

16

22

  Male

3

-

Place of birth

  

  Sweden

18

17

  Europe

1

4

  Overseas

-

1

Age

  

  20–30

-

4

  31–40

-

3

  41–50

-

4

  51–60

-

8

  61–70

-

3

  71–80

-

-

  81–90

9

-

  91–100

10

-

Mean age/Standard Deviation

90.5/85–98

47/26–63

Degree of bodily help needs

  

  Totally dependent

1

-

  Help with shower

16 

-

  Manages to shower with support

3

-

  Manages to use the toilet

7

-

  Help using the toilet

12

-

  Manages to brush teeth/face/shave

12

-

  Help to dress/undress

14

-

  Manages to dress/ undress

5

-

  Help with food

10

-

  Manages to eat unsupported

9

-

  Help with medicines

19

-

  Manages to walk with roller

7

-

  Help to move in wheelchair

7

-

  Manages to move independently in  wheelchair

5

-

Participation in observations

17

22

Participation in interviews

15

-