| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 護理學研究所 === 87 === The purpose of this study was to understand the relationships of health status, social support and personal factors among community elderly live alone. 205 elderly live alone in community who were 65 years old and above were selected by systematic random sampling. Complete data were obtained on 90 subjects. Data were collected by interview including the demographic data, health status and social support. The data was analyzed by t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson''s product-moment correlation and multiple regression.
The results of study were as following:
1. Elderly live alone were mostly male, younger,mainlander,
no religious, retired, singled or widowed, no children, own their house and were satisfied to their economic status.
2. There was no significant difference in chronic
conditions/diseases compared to community elderly, and had
better activity of daily living and instrument activity of
daily living functions. Cognitive status were mostly normal,
and 10% elderly were mild or moderate depressed, especially
those who were in female, mainlander, retired, poor economic
status, and involuntarily choose live alone.
3. Supporting resource comes from friends and neighbors for
those elderly without children or spouse, and from children
and spouse for those elderly with children and spouse.
Emotional and informational support were more often than
other kinds of support.
4. The quantity of social support and support satisfaction were
positively correlated.
5. Social support and health status were positively correlated.
The quantity of social support was found positively
correlated with self-rated health, and negatively correlated
with depression level. Support satisfaction was found to
be positively correlated with self-rated health and activity
of daily living, and negatively correlated with illness
level, restricted time and depression level.
6. Occupation, marriage and support satisfaction explained
48.6% of the variation of self-rated health. Age, native
province, economic status, voluntarily choose live alone and
support satisfaction explained 60.6% of the variation of
depression level. Age and voluntarily choose live alone
could effectively explain a 29.4% variation of quantity of
social support. Economic status and voluntarily choose live
alone explained 30.3% of the variation of support
satisfaction.
Based on study results the following were made suggestions: (1) Provide physical and household service for those functional impaired elderly live alone. (2) Instruct social network for elderly live alone inside and outside community. (3) Provide accessory for elderly those who were deserted by child.
(4) Community bus and volunteers helping elderly when needed such as seeing a doctor. (5) Regularly calling and emergency management system should be installed. (6) The veterans file should be established, and integrate the social serviced resources.
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