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Abstract Water Intake as it Relates to Mood, Psychosocial Well-being and Behavior Patterns in an Extended Care Facility Karen Annis 1996 Water is a basic human need. The literature reports that residents of extended care facilities are at high risk for inadequate water intake. For nurses involved with the care of the extended care resident providing adequate amounts of fluid is a basic responsibility. The purpose of this observational study was to determine water intake as it relates to mood, psychosocial well-being and behavior patterns in extended care facility residents. A convenience sample of 39 subjects were observed for two twenty-four hour periods. All foods and fluids ingested were recorded. Information on each subject’s mood, behavior and psychosocial well-being was obtained from the Minimum Data Set. The data revealed that only four of the subjects exceeded 100% of water intake adequacy based on the requirement of 1,600ml/m2 of body surface area. The mean percentage of water intake adequacy among the subjects was 66.2%. Twenty-one of the subjects were below the mean of water intake adequacy. In this study no significant relationship between mood, behavior and psychosocial well-being and water intake of the subjects could be found.
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