The effects of a care program based on the Roy adaptation model onnursing home residents’ quality of life

Background: One of the potentially beneficial strategies developed to improve elderly people’s quality of life is the employment of nursing theories and models, particularly the Roy adaptation model. This study aimed to investigate the effect of a care program based on the Roy adaptation model on nursing home residents’ life quality.Materials & Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 60 nursing home residents in Urmia, Iran. They were conveniently selected and randomly allocated to an experimental and a control group. A demographic questionnaire and the short-form 36-item quality of life questionnaire (SF-36) were employed for data collection. The SF-36 was completed for the participants in both groups before and one month after the study intervention. A care program was developed based on the Roy adaptation model and implemented to manipulate the participants’ maladaptive behaviors. The length of the study intervention was 1.5 months with a one-month follow-up period. The study data were transferred into the SPSS 16. Moreover, the descriptive statistics was used to present the data. P-values of less than 0.05 were considered significant.Results: After the study, the groups differed significantly from each other in terms of the mean score of the participants’ quality of life. The paired-sample T-test indicated that after implementing the study intervention, life quality score increased in the experimental group.Conclusion: Care programs developed based on the Roy adaptation model can positively affect elderly people’s life quality. Therefore, this model is recommended to promote the level of and improve their quality of life.