A responsible self-care behaviour style had a strong positive relationship with satisfaction with life, self-esteem and
functional capacity. A formally guided self-care behaviour style had statistically significant relationships with satisfaction
with life and high self-esteem. An independent self-care behaviour style was related to good functional capacity (personal
ADL and IADL) and strong self-esteem. The abandoned self-care behaviour style and factors associated with it were not
identified in this study.