标题：Psychiatric morbidity and perceived social support among elderly people living separately from their adult children in the community- a cross-sectional comparative study
期刊名称：Asia Pacific Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
印刷版ISSN：2350-7756
电子版ISSN：2350-8442
出版年度：2019
卷号：7
期号：4-Part3
页码：50-55
出版社：Lyceum of the Philippines University - Batangas
摘要：A community-based cross-sectional comparative study was carried out to assess and
compare the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity and level of perceived social support between two groups
of elderly people; 50 elderly people living with their adult children or family members and 50 elderly people
living separately in the community. Elderly people aged 60 years and above, fulfilling the inclusion and
exclusion criteria were screened with GHQ-12 (scored >3). Then all the screened respondents were
interviewed using HAM-D, HAM-A, HMSE, and MSPSS. The mean age of the respondents in both study
groups was approximately 67years and the majority of them belong to age group 60-75 years. Total 18
(36%) respondents in group-1 and 28 (56%) respondents in group-2 were found with psychiatric distress
in screening. Elderly people living separately were found with two times higher risk of psychiatric distress
(OR=2.3, 95% CI=1.01-5.05, p<0.05), depression (OR=2.3, 95% CI=1.02-5.19, p<0.05) and anxiety
(OR=2.4, 95% CI=1.05-5.63, p<0.05) compared to elderly people living with their adult children and
family members. Elderly people living with their adult children and family were found with a higher degree
of perceived social support compared to elderly living separately. Perceived social support was found
negatively correlated with depression, anxiety, and cognitive impairment. The present study shows that risk
of psychiatric distress, depression and anxiety disorders are significantly higher in elderly people living
separately from their adult children in the community. Improving social support among elderly people
especially from their adult children can decrease the risk of psychiatric disorders among them.
