JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 31 ISSUE 3.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
Association Between Perceived Social Support and Mental Health Status Among Older Adults
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Title
JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 31 ISSUE 3.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
Association Between Perceived Social Support and Mental Health Status Among Older Adults
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
Association Between Perceived Social Support and Mental Health Status Among Older Adults
Subject
Aging, Mental health, Social support
Description
Introduction: The elderly need social support to reduce their physical and mental disabilities.
Perceived social support is one of the effective factors in the lifestyle of older adults.
Objective: This study aimed to determine the association between perceived social support
and mental health status among older adults.
Materials and Methods: This research is a cross-sectional analytical study. The study
data were collected using a Perceived Social Support (PSS) scale and general health
questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12). A total of 302 eligible older adults were selected through a
random sampling method from primary health centers in the north, south, east, west, and
center of Tehran. The inclusion criteria were those community-dwelling older adults aged
≥60 years and with normal cognitive abilities. The collected data were analyzed using t
test, ANOVA, the Pearson correlation, and multiple linear regressions.
Results: The Mean±SD age of older adults was 70.01±6.29 years. Their Mean±SD scores of
the PSS and GHQ-12 were 130.95±16.05 and 7.29±5.55, respectively. The results showed no
significant relationship between demographic variables and PSS. There was a significant inverse
correlation between the PSS score and the GHQ-12 score (P= 0.01, r= -0.878). The PSS explained
0.66 of the total variances of “positively phrased items” of GHQ-12 (adjusted R2
= 0.66) and 0.76
of the total variances of “negatively phrased items” of GHQ-12 (adjusted R2
= 0.76).
Conclusion: Our findings showed that the PSS and mental health are at a desirable level in this
study, and the PSS is not affected by demographic variables. The PSS is a promoting factor for
mental health status among older adults.
Perceived social support is one of the effective factors in the lifestyle of older adults.
Objective: This study aimed to determine the association between perceived social support
and mental health status among older adults.
Materials and Methods: This research is a cross-sectional analytical study. The study
data were collected using a Perceived Social Support (PSS) scale and general health
questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12). A total of 302 eligible older adults were selected through a
random sampling method from primary health centers in the north, south, east, west, and
center of Tehran. The inclusion criteria were those community-dwelling older adults aged
≥60 years and with normal cognitive abilities. The collected data were analyzed using t
test, ANOVA, the Pearson correlation, and multiple linear regressions.
Results: The Mean±SD age of older adults was 70.01±6.29 years. Their Mean±SD scores of
the PSS and GHQ-12 were 130.95±16.05 and 7.29±5.55, respectively. The results showed no
significant relationship between demographic variables and PSS. There was a significant inverse
correlation between the PSS score and the GHQ-12 score (P= 0.01, r= -0.878). The PSS explained
0.66 of the total variances of “positively phrased items” of GHQ-12 (adjusted R2
= 0.66) and 0.76
of the total variances of “negatively phrased items” of GHQ-12 (adjusted R2
= 0.76).
Conclusion: Our findings showed that the PSS and mental health are at a desirable level in this
study, and the PSS is not affected by demographic variables. The PSS is a promoting factor for
mental health status among older adults.
Creator
Shima Nazari , Pouya Farokhnezhad Afshar , Leila Sadegh Moghdada , Alireza Namazi Shabestari , Akram Farhadi , Narjes Khatoon Sadeghi
Date
July 2021, Volume 31, Number 3
Contributor
peri irawan
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pdf
Language
english
Type
text
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Shima Nazari , Pouya Farokhnezhad Afshar , Leila Sadegh Moghdada , Alireza Namazi Shabestari , Akram Farhadi , Narjes Khatoon Sadeghi , “JURNAL INTERNASIONAL KEBIDANAN 2020-2023 UNIVERSITAS KEDOKTERAN GUILAN VOLUME 31 ISSUE 3.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
Association Between Perceived Social Support and Mental Health Status Among Older Adults,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed October 14, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/856.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING OF MIDWIFERY.
Association Between Perceived Social Support and Mental Health Status Among Older Adults,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed October 14, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/856.