SOCIAL SUPPORT AND DEPRESSION OF THE ELDERLY IN URBAN COMMUNITY UDON THANI PROVINCE
Keywords:
Social support, Depression, Elderly, Urban communityAbstract
This study is cross-sectional descriptive research. The objective is to explore the relationship between the social support and the depression of the elderly in the urban community in Udon Thani Province. The sample in this study was 300 elderlys, whose ages are above 60 years old. They live in urban areas of Nong Sumrong Municipality and Udon Thani Province. The Data was collected during October and November, 2018 by using self-response questionnaires as standardized tools. Analyzed population data are included frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation and Chi-square test.
The results of the study have shown that female elderly are more than males. The most common age range is the age range of 60-69 years. Most of them are married and they have had primary education. In addition, they are housewife and they are not working. Most of their incomes are supported by the government. They also receive high support from society since they easily tend to have depression. It was found 35.0%. In summary, the relationship between age and depression were statistically significant. As the analyzing of the relationship between society supporting and elderly depression in the urban community showed that high social support and moderate social support effect by depression were not significantly different.
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