Common psychological disorders in elderly and their correlations with social support, Shiraz, Iran, 2018†
Article Category: Original article
Published Online: Apr 13, 2022
Page range: 115 - 121
Received: Jun 14, 2021
Accepted: Aug 10, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2022-0014
Keywords
© 2022 Firoozeh Abbasi et al., published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Objective
To recognize and screen common mental disorders in elderlies and determine their relationship with social support in Shiraz, Iran.
Methods
In this cross-sectional analytical study, 400 elderlies aged >60 years from Shiraz were selected through stratified random sampling. Data collection was done by 3 demographic data, Medical Outcome Study (MOS), social support, and standardization of mental disorders symptoms checklist 90 (SCL-90) questionnaires. The collected data were analyzed with SPSS 22, using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient, and univariate and multivariate linear regression analyses. A
Results
A total of 400 elderlies (mean age = 67.39 ± 6.89), among whom 204 individuals were female (51%), participated in the study. Somatization and phobic anxiety were the most (68.9%) and least (14.2%) prevalent disorders, respectively. The average total score of social support was 85.59 + 3.5. Social support and its 5 subscales showed statistically significant negative correlation with SCL-90 total scores and its 9 domains (
Conclusions
It seems necessary to plan and make policies by the authorities to increase social support and reduce the burden of common mental disorders in the elderly.