The Influence of Providing and Receiving Social Support on Older Adults' Well-being.

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Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.2174/17450179-v18-e2112241

Nasibeh Zanjari, Yadollah Abolfathi Momtaz, Seyed Hossein Mohaqeqi Kamal, Mehdi Basakha, Sina Ahmadi

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Abstract

Introduction: Social support is a leading contributing factor for older adults' well-being. The present study aimed to compare the impact of two-way (providing and receiving) social support on the well-being of Iranian older adults.

Methods: The present cross-sectional study was conducted on 1280 community-dwelling older adults in Tehran, Iran, 2020. The researcher used the clustered sampling method and the 2-way Social Support Scale (SSS) to collect samples and measure social support, respectively. The well-being was measured by the self-reported World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5). Bivariate and hierarchical linear regression analyses were performed to compare the effects of social support aspects on well-being. Data were analyzed using SPSS 20.0. A significance level of p≤0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results: The mean age of the respondents was 70.90 (SD=8.07), and about 70% of the sample was married. The mean scores of taking and providing social support were 20.70 ±7.52 and 17.71 ±7.82, respectively. The hierarchical regression analysis revealed that providing social support is significantly associated with the well-being of older adults beyond and over receiving social support and possible contributing factors (∆F=30.25; ∆R2= 0.39, p<0.05).

Conclusion: The results showed that providing social support is more important than receiving it. Older adults should participate in social activities to provide social support.

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提供与接受社会支持对老年人幸福感的影响。

社会支持是老年人幸福的主要因素。本研究旨在比较双向(提供和接受)社会支持对伊朗老年人幸福感的影响。方法:本研究对2020年伊朗德黑兰1280名社区居住的老年人进行了横断面研究。研究者分别采用整群抽样法和双向社会支持量表(SSS)收集样本和测量社会支持。幸福感通过自我报告的世界卫生组织五幸福指数(WHO-5)来衡量。双变量和层次线性回归分析比较社会支持方面对幸福感的影响。数据采用SPSS 20.0进行分析。p≤0.05为显著性水平。结果:调查对象的平均年龄为70.90岁(SD=8.07)，约70%的调查对象已婚。接受和提供社会支持的平均得分分别为20.70±7.52分和17.71±7.82分。分层回归分析显示，提供社会支持与老年人的幸福感及可能的影响因素显著相关(∆F=30.25;∆R2= 0.39, p结论:提供社会支持比接受社会支持更重要。老年人应该参加社会活动，提供社会支持。

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Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health

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期刊介绍： Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health is an open access online journal, which publishes Research articles, Reviews, Letters in all areas of clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health covering the following topics: Clinical and epidemiological research in psychiatry and mental health; diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of mental health conditions; and frequencies and determinants of mental health conditions in the community and the populations at risk; research and economic aspects of psychiatry, with special attention given to manuscripts presenting new results and methods in the area; and clinical epidemiologic investigation of pharmaceutical agents. Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health, a peer reviewed journal, aims to provide the most complete and reliable source of information on current developments in the field. The emphasis will be on publishing quality articles rapidly and freely available worldwide.