Loneliness of Elderly and Affecting Factors During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study
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The study was conducted to examine the loneliness of elderly and affecting factors during the Covid-19 pandemic. This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted 104 elderly in Türkiye. “Elderly Information Form” and “Loneliness Scale” were used as data collection tools. The total mean loneliness scale score of the elderly was 9.47±6.04. “Emotional loneliness” sub-dimension score was 5.96±3.82, “Social loneliness” sub-dimension score was 3.49±2.78. It was determined that the expressions of feeling lonely of the elderly affected the scale mean score (p=0.000) and their participation in social activities had a statistically significant effect on the social loneliness sub-dimension mean score (p=0.038). It was concluded that the mean score of the scale was the middle level. It can be speculated that this situation arises from the strong family relations as a social structure, and this may be effective in reducing the loneliness of the elderly.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Etik Beyan
The study compiled ethically with the declaration of Helsinki. In order to conduct the research, and ethical approval from a University Medical Research Ethics Committee (IRB No: 21-11.1T/32) and T.R. Implementation permission was received from the Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Health Services. A written informed consent was obtained from all study participants. The details disclosed included the study purpose, confdentiality, participants’ autonomy, voluntary participation and freedom to withdraw from participating at any time.
Teşekkür
We thank all participants for their collaboration.
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