In subcategories of problems within the broader domains, both common problems and
problems specific to study groups were identified. For four of the five groups caretaking was
a major focus of problems within the psychosocial area, and health care supervision was a
prominent problem in all five groups in the area of health-related behaviors. Similarly, for
all five groups, problems of residence and income were the focus of problems in the area of
environment. Problems identified within the physiologic area indicated the problems
common to that group. VLBW infants commonly have respiratory, skin, and feeding
problems, problems consistent with the study findings. Similarly, the elderly had circulatory
problems, the hysterectomy group had genitourinary problems, and the high-risk pregnancy
and cesarean-birth groups had problems related to antepartum and postpartum physiologic
issues.