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A Comparative Study of Elderly People Staying in Old Age Home and Elderly People Staying with Their Family with Respect to Anxiety and Depression

Author(s) Chanchal Rajput
Country India
Abstract The disintegrating system of joint family, rapid industrialization and urbanization and changing social values have together caused serious problems for the aged.Old age homes are a need of today as the life-styles are changing fast and diminishing acceptance of younger generations towards family responsibilities and one’s elders.
Therefore,older people are, in need of vital support for their overall quality of life. Present study tried to compare the psychological factors such as anxiety and depression among elderly in both the situations. Tools such as Beck Depression Inventory by Aaron T. Beck and State Trait Anxiety Inventory by Charles Spielberger were administered to a sample of 60 elderly people. Male and female elderly peopleabove 60 years of age were taken into consideration belonging to urban bhiwaniregion. Results revealed that there is a significant difference between elderly people staying at old age home and at home with family on two-dimensional( both state & trait anxiety) anxiety (t= 2.39) and depression(t= 4.11). Thus with an attempt to understand the situation of people staying at old age home, this study contributes to assessing variables related to mental health and in future may try to focus on tapping the various strategies for suitable rehabilitation of the collected sample.
Keywords Industrialization, Urbanization, Anxiety, Depression, Rehabilitation.
Field Sociology > Philosophy / Psychology / Religion
Published In Volume 6, Issue 3, May-June 2024
Published On 2024-06-20
Cite This A Comparative Study of Elderly People Staying in Old Age Home and Elderly People Staying with Their Family with Respect to Anxiety and Depression - Chanchal Rajput - IJFMR Volume 6, Issue 3, May-June 2024. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i03.23106
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i03.23106
Short DOI https://doi.org/gt2bsr
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