Psychological anthropology is one of the most current academic discipline; theintellectual study of the association between the individual and culture debatably instigatedin the late nineteenth century, when W. H. R. Rivers and his contemporaries commenced anexpedition to Melanesia to examine the perceptions of the local people. Objective: objectiveof the study is to find relationship between old age and psychological disorders. StudyDesign: Cross sectional. Study Locale: The study was conducted in Rawalpindi city. Materialand method: A structured questionnaire was designed to investigate all the variables of thestudy. A sample of 500 respondents were drawn from the older population (older persons) ofRawalpindi city by using convenient sampling technique. Data entry and analysis was doneby using SPSS. Results: There was a significant relationship found between old age andpsychological disorders. According to this study, older people are suffering from psychologicaldisorders namely; anxiety, sadness, depression, isolation, insomnia, dementia, and feelingof being useless. Conclusion: Older persons are more vulnerable to the mental illness andpsychological problems. Some problems are prevailed in high proportion among elder personssuch as anxiety, insomnia and feeling of being useless. Good mind is bound with good health,this clearly depicts that older persons are not suffering from poor psychological health but alsothey are facing adverse health conditions. Statistical observations show that some of the olderadults facing more than one psychological problem, their ratio is 6.2% of total sample.
Increased life expectancy and low mortality rates are the major reason for the increasing number of the older population. Developed countries are not only facing this problem, but the number of developing countries are also increasing. Pakistan is also among those countries having a greater portion of the older population. Objective: The present study was focused on exploring the relationship between the educational achievement of older persons and their disease profile. Methods: A structured tool was developed to interview 384 older persons. Data were coded and analyzed in SPSS. Male and female participation was with ratio 70:30 while 53.9% sample was age 60-65 years. Results: Most of the respondents were illiterate, followed by primary, secondary, and matriculation degree holder elders. Hypertension, Heart problem, Diabetes, Arthritis, and Asthma issue are observed among older persons. Diabetes is the only disease reported by OPs with a qualification from illiterate to a Master degree with varied percentiles. Regression model [ y=5.0749+.0646x] with R Square = .0013. Conclusion: We conclude that a relationship exists among study variables but non-significantly while the value of R^2tells us how assertive you can be that each distinct variable has some correlation with the dependent variable, which is the important indicator.
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