Social Support and its Correlation with Loneliness: A Cross-Cultural Study of Nepalese Older Adults

Chalise, Hom Nath; Kai, Ichiro; Saito, Tami

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“…Two items from the IADL scale, use of the telephone (look up the number, dial and answer) and management of money (write checks and pay bills) were not included in the final questionnaire because these were not applicable for the majority of Nepalese elderly [21,24,25] because they cannot read number and dial the telephone and even write the name also. Responses were categorized as 'unable to do at all', 'with some difficulty/need some help' and 'without help'.…”

Section: Independent Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Prevalence and Correlates of Depression among Nepalese Rai Older Adults

Chalise¹,

Laxmi²

2013

J Gerontol Geriatric Res

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Section: Independent Variablesmentioning

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Prevalence and Correlates of Depression among Nepalese Rai Older Adults

Chalise¹,

Laxmi²

2013

J Gerontol Geriatric Res

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“…Social support refers to the social resources that individuals perceive to be available or are actually provided to them by non-professionals in the context of both formal support groups and informal helping relationships. 78 It is a key environmental factor enhancing older people's health, participation and security, and can reduce loneliness and depression, 79,80 and was identified as a significant factor related to QoL, with those older people receiving a large amount of support and/or with broader networks and frequent social interactions, and therefore a better quality of support being more likely to report a better QoL.…”

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“…81 It is associated with both negative physical and psychological health outcomes, leading to ill health and poor prognosis in older people. 80,82 Thus older people with a higher level of loneliness are more likely to report a poorer QoL.…”

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Quality of life of older people in China: a systematic review

Chen

Hicks

While

2012

Rev. Clin. Gerontol.

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The quality of life (QoL) of older people is of increasing interest in China, due to its ageing population. A systematic review of published QoL studies was undertaken to examine different measurements and related factors of QoL of older people in China. Papers were identified by searching the following electronic databases: Web of Science, PsycINFO, MEDLINE, PubMed, CINAHL, China Academic Journal and VIP Database for Chinese Technical Periodicals. Fifteen studies were included in the review, using eight different QoL measurement tools. Health status, psychological well-being, social well-being, housing and socio-demographic factors were identified as important related factors of QoL. Further studies are needed using valid measurement tools to explore more factors, especially culturally specific contributors, to the QoL of older people.

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“…They, however, failed to recognise the institution, nurses and other residents as a social support system. Instrumental support is more evident and appreciated when it is coming from significant others [17].…”

Section: Social Supportmentioning

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A Study to Examine the Relationship between Social Support and Perception of Being Institutionalized among the Elderly Aged 65 Years and Above Who Are in Institutions in Bulawayo Urban, Zimbabwe

Dhlamini-Sibanda¹,

Dube-Mawerewere²,

Nkhoma³

et al. 2017

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Policies on the elderly in Zimbabwe are based on social networks and social capital in which the care of the elderly rests with the adult children and other relatives including the community. It is argued that social networks and social capital are informal and the weakness in these informal types of social support is that they are difficult to maintain in cases of urbanization, migration and socio-economic hardships. The study sought to examine the relationship between social support and the perception of being institutionalized among the elderly aged 65 years and above who were in institutions in Bulawayo urban. A descriptive quantitative cross-sectional correlational survey method was used. A simple random sampling method was used to recruit respondents. The sample size in this study was 81 respondents. Data was collected using the interview schedule. Analysis was done using the Statistical Package Social for Sciences (SPSS) package, descriptive and inferential statistics. The Pearson's correlation coefficient showed the relationship between social support and perception of being institutionalized as follows; r = 0.181, p = 0.107. This shows that there is no relationship between social support and perception of being institutionalized among the elderly aged 65 years and above who are in institutions in Bulawayo urban, Zimbabwe. KeywordsElderly, Social Support, Perception, Institutionalized BackgroundAging is inevitable. The elderly's ability to carry out activities of daily living becomes difficult and deteriorates forcing them to be cared for in an institution.With the epidemiological transition, the rate of institutionalization of older adults has increased in various countries, and this process is occurring in Zimbabwe as well [1]. It is projected that with longevity more elderly people will be institutionalized.Perception of being institutionalized is a socially constructed way of thinking about institutionalization. Positive perception of being institutionalized is when the elderly accept that ageing has physiological, psychological and social determinants such that institutionalization is necessary at some point in time [2].Negative perception of being institutionalized is often based on negative attitudes and stereotypes that ageing is negative and being in an institution is worse.Institutionalization during old age therefore requires tremendous adaptabilityIn a study conducted in India, 50% of the respondents felt neglected by family, 32% had no contact with the outside world, and 68% felt that the attitude of people towards the elderly was that of neglect [4]. A related study further found that 48% of the institutionalised elderly felt sad because of poverty, this observation being made in Zimbabwe [5]. In Zimbabwe, the general perception is that the elderly in institutions are foreigners who are usually destitute with no one to care for them [6]. However, due to socio-economic and demographic changes more and more elderly people now accept that they can no longer depend on the adult childre...

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Social Support and its Correlation with Loneliness: A Cross-Cultural Study of Nepalese Older Adults

Cited by 53 publications

References 65 publications

Prevalence and Correlates of Depression among Nepalese Rai Older Adults

Prevalence and Correlates of Depression among Nepalese Rai Older Adults

Quality of life of older people in China: a systematic review

A Study to Examine the Relationship between Social Support and Perception of Being Institutionalized among the Elderly Aged 65 Years and Above Who Are in Institutions in Bulawayo Urban, Zimbabwe

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