Mentail Health of Rural and Urban Elderly : Relationship with Physiological Health and Social Support
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2011
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UAS, Dharwad
Abstract
This study was to assess status of health, social support and mental health and
their relationship among elderly. The sample consisted of 160 elderly comprised of 80
from urban (40 male and 40 female) and 80 from rural (40 male and 40 female
)background by snowball technique. Personal information schedule, Physiological
problem checklist (Ashwini, 2011), Mental health inventory (Jagadish and
Srivastava,1983) and Social support questionnaire (Heitzmann and Kaplan, 1988 )
were administered individually. The data were subjected to percentage, correlation,
chi square and ANOVA analyses. The results revealed that there was negative and
significant relationship between age, education, income and mental health, but size of
family was significantly & positively related to mental health of elderly. There was
significant negative relationship between physiological health and mental health and
significant positive relationship between social support and mental health of elderly.
About 56 percent of elderly had very poor mental health, 49 percent of elderly had
11-30 number of health problems and 76 percent of elderly received support from 3-6
numbers of members. Rural female elderly were better in mental health compared to
male elderly. Female elderly were experiencing social support from more number of
members compared to male elderly. In rural area male elderly were better in
physiological health compared female elderly. In urban area female elderly were
better in mental health compared to male elderly and male elderly were better in
physiological health compared to female elderly.
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Human Development