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High Social Support System among Elderly in a Hilly District: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
INTRODUCTION: Social support is an important contributing factor that promotes the health of the elderly by providing them with positive experiences, socially satisfying roles, or the ability to cope with stressful situations. The objective of this research study is to find out the prevalence of a h...
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Journal of the Nepal Medical Association
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9924926/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36705155 http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.7750 |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Social support is an important contributing factor that promotes the health of the elderly by providing them with positive experiences, socially satisfying roles, or the ability to cope with stressful situations. The objective of this research study is to find out the prevalence of a high social support system among the elderly in a Hilly district. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among the elderly from a hilly district of Nepal. The ethical approval was taken from Ethical Review Board (Reference number: 3050). Data were collected from 20 May 2019 to August 2019. The elderly aged 60 years and above were the study population. A convenience sampling technique was used. The face-to-face interview was taken by using a structured questionnaire. Point estimate, and 95% Confidence Interval were calculated. RESULTS: Out of 263 elderly people, 188 (71.48%) (66.02-76.94, 95% Confidence Interval) were provided with high support by their family members, friends, and significant others. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of high social support among the elderly was found to be higher when compared to similar studies conducted in similar settings. |
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spelling | pubmed-99249262023-02-14 High Social Support System among Elderly in a Hilly District: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study Paudel, Kalpana Tiwari, Atit JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc Original Article INTRODUCTION: Social support is an important contributing factor that promotes the health of the elderly by providing them with positive experiences, socially satisfying roles, or the ability to cope with stressful situations. The objective of this research study is to find out the prevalence of a high social support system among the elderly in a Hilly district. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among the elderly from a hilly district of Nepal. The ethical approval was taken from Ethical Review Board (Reference number: 3050). Data were collected from 20 May 2019 to August 2019. The elderly aged 60 years and above were the study population. A convenience sampling technique was used. The face-to-face interview was taken by using a structured questionnaire. Point estimate, and 95% Confidence Interval were calculated. RESULTS: Out of 263 elderly people, 188 (71.48%) (66.02-76.94, 95% Confidence Interval) were provided with high support by their family members, friends, and significant others. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of high social support among the elderly was found to be higher when compared to similar studies conducted in similar settings. Journal of the Nepal Medical Association 2022-10 2022-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9924926/ /pubmed/36705155 http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.7750 Text en © The Author(s) 2018. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Paudel, Kalpana Tiwari, Atit High Social Support System among Elderly in a Hilly District: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study |
title | High Social Support System among Elderly in a Hilly District: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study |
title_full | High Social Support System among Elderly in a Hilly District: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study |
title_fullStr | High Social Support System among Elderly in a Hilly District: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study |
title_full_unstemmed | High Social Support System among Elderly in a Hilly District: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study |
title_short | High Social Support System among Elderly in a Hilly District: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study |
title_sort | high social support system among elderly in a hilly district: a descriptive cross-sectional study |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9924926/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36705155 http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.7750 |
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