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Bidang Kajian : Warga Emas

Pelajar/Pengkaji Oleh: Ayu Azila

Alamat Emel: ayuazila94@yahoo.com

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                                Background: Social support is a feeling that leads the person to believe that other people love him and care for him. The links between social support and depression have been well explored. Evidence from the elderly was, however, more limited. Aim: This study was carried out (i) to identify the relationship between demographic characteristics and perceived social support, (ii) to identify the relationship between demographic characteristics and level of depression and (iii) to determine the association between levels of significant other support, family support and friend support with the depression level. Method: A cross-sectional study conducted involving 92 participants from Rumah Seri Kenangan (RSK) Cheng, Melaka. All the participants were required needs to answer a questionnaires which consist demographics characteristics, Multidimensional scale for perceived social support (MSPSS) and Geriatric depression scale (GDS) to measure social support and depression level. Result: From 92 participants, 56.5% of participants are male (n=52), and 43.5% of participants are female (n=40). An independent sample t-test and one-way ANOVA had determined that there is no significant relation between demographic characteristics with social support and depression level. There is also no significant association between levels of significant other support, family support and friend support with the depression level. However, low social support from significant other and moderate social support from family and friend have higher mean (SD) which are 2.28 (0.982), 2.29 (0.806) and 2.41 (0.939) respectively indicates that these can contribute to high level of depression. Conclusion: Low social support from significant others and moderate social support from family and friend affect the level of depression in elderly population. Government may provide programs to enhance wider social network for the elderly and OT practice may help in providing support group activity.

Keywords: Elderly, MSPSS, GDS, social support, level of depression

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