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Association Between Perceived Social Support and Mental Health Status Among Older Adults

Shima Nazari, Assistant Professor, Department of Gerontology, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health (Tehran Institute of Psychiatry), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Pouya Farokhnezhad Afshar, Leila Sadegh Moghdada, Alireza Namazi Shabestari, Akram Farhadi, Narjes Khatoon Sadeghi, Assistant Professor, Department of Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Social Development and Health Promotion Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran., Assistant Professor, Department of Geriatric Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Assistant Professor, The Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran., Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
2021 Journal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery  

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The elderly need social support to reduce their physical and mental disabilities. Perceived social support is one of the effective factors in the lifestyle of older adults. Objective: This study aimed to determine the association between perceived social support and mental health status among older adults. Materials and Methods: This research is a cross-sectional analytical study. The study data were collected using a perceived social support (PSS) scale and general health questionnaire-12
more » ... 12). A total of 302 eligible older adults were selected through a random sampling method from primary health centers in the north, south, east, west, and center of Tehran. The inclusion criteria were those community-dwelling older adults aged ≥60 years and with normal cognitive abilities. The collected data were analyzed using t test, ANOVA, the Pearson correlation, and multiple linear regressions. Results: The mean ±SD age of older adults was 70.01 ±6.29 years. Their mean ±SD scores of the PSS and GHQ-12 were 130.95 ±16.05 and 7.29 ±5.55, respectively. The results showed no significant relationship between demographic variables and PSS. There was a significant inverse correlation between the PSS score and the GHQ-12 score (P= 0.01, r= -0.878). The PSS explained 0.66 of the total variances of "positively phrased items" of GHQ-12 (adjusted R2= 0.66) and 0.76 of the total variances of "negatively phrased items" of GHQ-12 (adjusted R2= 0.76). Conclusion: Our findings showed that the PSS and mental health are at a desirable level in this study, and the PSS is not affected by demographic variables. The PSS is a promoting factor for mental health status among older adults.
doi:10.32598/jhnm.31.3.2063 fatcat:yudtbs6eyva7nb2hstwnafxgxy
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Shima Nazari, Assistant Professor, Department of Gerontology, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health (Tehran Institute of Psychiatry), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Pouya Farokhnezhad Afshar, Leila Sadegh Moghdada, Alireza Namazi Shabestari, Akram Farhadi, Narjes Khatoon Sadeghi, Assistant Professor, Department of Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Social Development and Health Promotion Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran., Assistant Professor, Department of Geriatric Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Assistant Professor, The Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran., Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.. "Association Between Perceived Social Support and Mental Health Status Among Older Adults." Journal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery 31.3 (2021) 147-154