Self-Care Deficit - Definition, Types, Signs and Symptoms

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Self Care Deficit Definition

Self-care is one of the basic human capacity to meet their needs in order to sustain life, health and well-being in accordance with the condition of his health. Clients otherwise disturbed self care if it can not perform self-care.

Self-Care Deficit - Definition, Types, Signs and Symptoms
According to Potter & Perry (2005), Personal hygiene is an act to maintain the cleanliness and health of a person's physical and psychological well-being. Self Care Deficit is a condition where a person is unable to perform hygiene care for himself. (Tarwoto and Wartonah 2000).


Types of Self- Care Deficit

1. Self Care Deficit: Bathing / hygiene.
Less self care (bathing) is an impaired ability to perform activities of bathing / hygiene.
2. Self Care Deficit: Wearing clothes / makeup.
Less self-care (wear) is an impaired ability to wear their own clothes and dress up activity.
3. Self Care Deficit: Eat.
Less self-care (eating) is an impaired ability to show the feeding activity.
4. Self Care Deficit: Toileting.
Less self-care (toileting) is an impaired ability to perform or complete their own toileting activities (Nurjannah: 2004).


Signs and Symptoms

Signs and symptoms of clients with self-care deficit is:
a) Physical
  • Body odor, dirty clothes.
  • Dirty hair and skin.
  • Long and dirty nails.
  • Dirty teeth with mouth odor.
  • Untidy appearance.
b) Psychological
  • Lazy, no initiative.
  • Withdrew, insulating themselves.
  • Feeling helpless, low self-esteem and feel humiliated.
c) Social
  • Interaction less.
  • Less activity.
  • Not being able to act appropriately.
  • How to eat irregular urinating and defecating in random places, brushing and bathing are not able to independently.

Data are commonly found in self-care deficit is:
1. Subjective data
  • The patient feels weak.
  • Lazy to move.
  • Feel helpless.
2. Objective data
  • Dirty hair, disheveled.
  • Body and clothes dirty and smelly.
  • Mouth and teeth smell.
  • Skin dull and dirty.
  • Nails long and unkempt.

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