Yaşlı Bireylerin Yaşam Doyumu ve Sosyal Destek Algısının Değerlendirilmesi

Year 2019, Volume: 6 Issue: 3, 501 - 512, 01.10.2019

Aygül Yanık Yalçın Sağlam

Abstract

DOI: 10.5152/hsp.2019.552657

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, huzurevlerinde
yaşayan yaşlı bireylerin genel profilleri ile sağlık problemlerini belirlemek,
bu bireylerin yaşam doyumu ile sosyal destek algısını sosyo-demografik
değişkenler açısından değerlendirmek ve yaşam doyumu ile sosyal destek algısı
değişkenleri arasındaki ilişkiyi ortaya koymaktır.

Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışma, Türkiye’de altı
huzurevinde gerçekleştirildi. Veriler, anket formu ile toplandı ve SPSS 17.0
for Windows paket programı kullanılarak analiz edildi.

Bulgular: Katılımcıların yaş ortalaması
75,926 bulundu. Katılımcıların çoğunluğunun erkek, kimsesiz ve bir kronik
hastalığı olan yaşlılardan oluştuğu belirlendi. Katılımcılarda en fazla tanı
konmuş kalp-damar hastalığı olduğu ve büyük çoğunluğunun günde en az bir ilaç
kullandığı saptandı. Genel olarak katılımcıların huzurevlerinden memnun olduğu
belirlendi. Ayrıca katılımcıların yaşam doyumu kısmen yüksek düzeyde ve sosyal
destek algısı orta düzeyde bulundu. Katılımcıların yaşam doyumunun medeni
durum, eğitim, sosyal güvence durumu, ekonomik durum, yakını olması, günlük
aktivite, aktiviteye isteklilik, diğer yaşlı bireylerle ilişki, çalışanlarla
ilişki ve huzurevinden genel memnuniyet değişkenlerine göre anlamlı fark
gösterdiği belirlendi (p<0.05). Ayrıca, katılımcıların sosyal destek
algısının cinsiyet, medeni durum, eğitim, sosyal güvence durumu, ekonomik
durum, çocukları ile görüşme, aktiviteye isteklilik, diğer yaşlı bireylerle
ilişki, çalışanlarla ilişki ve huzurevinden genel memnuniyet değişkenlerine
göre anlamlı fark gösterdiği bulundu (p<0.05).

Sonuç: Katılımcıların yaşam doyumu ve
sosyal destek algısı sosyo-demografik değişkenlere göre değişmektedir. Ayrıca
katılımcıların yaşam doyumu ve sosyal destek algısı arasında pozitif yönlü
güçlü bir ilişki vardır. 

Cite this article as: Yanık A, Sağlam Y.
Evaluation of Life Satisfaction and Social Support Perception of Elderly
Individuals. Journal of Health Science and Profession 2019; 6(3): 501-12.

Keywords

Yaşlı, yaşam doyumu, sosyal destek

Evaluating the Perception of Life Satisfaction and Social Support of the Elderly Individuals

Abstract

DOI: 10.5152/hsp.2019.552657

Objective: We aimed to determine the
general profiles and health problems of the elderly individuals living in
nursing homes (NHs), evaluate the life satisfaction and social support
perception of these individuals in terms of sociodemographic variables, and
provide a relationship between life satisfaction and social support perception
variables.

Materials and methods: Six NHs in Turkey
were selected for the study. Data were collected through a questionnaire and
analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences Software (SPSS™)
version 17.00 software for Windows.

Results: The average age of the
participants was 75.926 years. Majority of them were males, homeless, and
elderly individuals with a chronic disease. Additionally, cardiovascular
disease was most commonly diagnosed, and majority of them took the least one drug
daily. The participants were generally satisfied with the NHs. Further, it was
found that life satisfaction of the participants was at a partially high level,
and social support perception was at the moderate level. It was determined that
life satisfaction of the participants showed significant differences according
to the marital status, education, social security, economic condition, having a
relative, daily activity, willingness toward performing the activities,
relation with other elders, relation with the staff, and general satisfaction
with the NH (p<0.05). The social support perception of the participants
showed significant differences according to the gender, marital status,
education, social security, economic condition, state of seeing children,
willingness toward performing activities, relations with other elders,
relations with the staff, and general satisfaction with NH (p<0.05).

Conclusions: Life satisfaction and social
support perception of the participants change according to the sociodemographic
variables. Further, a positive and strong correlation was found between life
satisfaction and social support perception. 

Cite this article as: Yanık A, Sağlam Y.
Evaluation of Life Satisfaction and Social Support Perception of Elderly
Individuals. Journal of Health Science and Profession 2019; 6(3): 501-12.

Keywords

Elderly, life satisfaction, social support

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