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

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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