Context of the clients |
1. Clients are often able to control factors that influence their situation. |
2. Clients are often able to perform ADLs more independently than they now do. |
3. I see that encouraging physical activity has a positive effect on clients. |
4. The capability of family or informal caregivers to encourage clients in the independent performance of ADLs and IADLs is sufficient. |
5. Clients are afraid to walk on their own, without help from others. |
6. Clients ask for help with ADLs so that they can get extra attention. |
7. Family or informal caregivers expect the nurses and nurse assistants to take over the activities that clients themselves can still perform. |
8. Clients do not want to perform activities themselves such as bathing or opening/closing curtains even if they still can. |
9. Financial limitations restrict clients in performing ADLs and IADLs independently. |
10. An overburdened family or informal caregiver limits clients in performing ADLs and IADLs independently. |
Context of the professionals |
11. I think that organizing my work so that clients are ready on time is more important than clients performing ADLs independently. |
12. I am afraid that clients will hurt themselves if I encourage them to walk alone. |
13. It is primarily the responsibility of the physical therapist or occupational therapist to encourage clients to perform activities. |
14. Within my team, we think that it is important to encourage clients to perform ADLs as much as possible independently. |
15. Within my team, we think that it is our task to inform the family or informal caregivers about the importance of clients performing activities independently. |
16. I expect that encouraging ADLs and IADLs has no effect on how clients function. |
17. Within my team, sufficient expertise is available to encourage clients to be as independent as possible in performing ADLs (such as bathing, moving about). |
18. Encouraging independence as much as possible in clients’ ADLs, IADLs and social activities gives me less time for other things. |
19. I find it difficult to encourage clients to be self-reliant and independent. |
20. If I want, I am able to allow clients to perform ADLs and IADLs more independently. |
The social context (the team functioning) |
21. Within my team, the collaboration with experts (for example occupational or physical therapists) is not good enough to encourage clients in performing ADLs as independently as possible. |
22. I can count on enough support from my colleagues when I allow clients to perform ADLs and IADLs as independently as possible. |
23. The manager of my team considers it important that clients perform ADLs and IADLs as independently as possible. |
24. I speak to my colleagues when I hear that they perform activities that clients can still perform themselves. |
25. The team discusses how we can encourage clients to perform ADLs and IADLs as independently as possible. |
26. Within my team, it is our routine to take over the ADLs and IADLs (such as making sandwiches) for our clients. |
The organizational context |
27. My organization is not geared towards involving clients in the performance of ADLs and IADLs (such as independently bathing and dressing or preparing a meal). |
28. In my organization, there are enough people available with knowledge about how to encourage self-reliance and independent performance of activities by clients. |
29. My organization offers the possibility to follow internal or external courses that focus on encouraging clients’ physical activity. |
30. In my organization, we do not have agreements or guidelines concerning how we can encourage clients’ physical activity. |
31. I have inadequate time to activate clients to be self-reliant because of the needs assessment determined by the community nurse in my team. |
32. Encouraging self-reliance and independence has a high priority in my organization. |
33. There is a structural shortage of staff available to encourage clients to perform ADLs and IADLs (such as independently bathing and dressing or preparing a meal) as independently as possible. |