Correlation between loneliness and family social support of advanced-age disabled elderly in Tangshan city

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1009-6493.2018.07.016

Abstract：Objective:To understand the loneliness of the disabled elderly in Tangshan city and to explore its influencing factors.Methods:A total of 3 448 elderly aged over 75 years old from 10 community health service centers of Tangshan city were included in this study.They were surveyed by Loneliness Scale,Daily Life Ability Scale and Perceived Social Suport from Family Scale and Social Support Rating Scale.Results:A total of 1664 elderly were screened.77.9 ％ of the advanced-age disabled elderly were at moderate or higher levels of loneliness,and their level of loneliness was significantly higher than that of the non-disabled elderly.Illiteracy (OR=0.303),mild disability (OR=1.792),no fecal incontinence (OR =4.368),positive to life (OR =4.223),often communicating with their children (OR=8.225),the residents' committees often providing services (OR=2.803),children no taking the elderly's opinion (OR=0.026),low family support (OR=0.652),and low social support (OR=0.089) were the influence factors of the disabled elderly's loneliness (P＜0.05).Conclusions:There was a high incidence of disability among the elderly.The advanced-age disabled elderly were at moderate or higher levels of loneliness.The loneliness of advanced age disabled elderly was related to education level,disable degree of fecal incontinence,positive to life or not,family support and social support.