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Western Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 20, No. 3, 295-311 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/019394599802000303

An Analysis of Elderly Clients' Views of Mobility

Kathy L. Rush

Louiselle L. Ouellet

Faculty of Nursing, University of New Brunswick

Mary Ann Hautman, R.N., Ph.D.

University of San Diego

This article presents findings from part of a larger qualitative study designed to explore the concept of mobility within the context of concept development. Primary nurses and their elderly clients made up the two study samples. Data were collected through semistructured interviews and analyzed using thematic content-analysiis techniques. In this article, only datafrom the client sample are reported. Findings suggested that the elderly clients defined mobility in terms of three interrelated dimensions: physical, cognitive, and social. From client descriptions of mobility, six qualities emerged: ease and freedom of movement, independence, automaticity, purposefulness, self-environmental awareness, and continuity.


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