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| Perceived social support and mortality in older people | | Author(s) | Tiina-Mari Lyyra, Riitta-Liisa Heikkinen |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 61B, no 3, May 2006 |
| Pages | pp S147-S152 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Octogenarians ; Informal care ; Social contacts ; Dying ; Correlation ; Finland. |
| Annotation | As part of the Evergreen Project in Finland, perceived social support was measured in 206 Finnish men and women aged 80+ using the Social Provision Scale. The Scale consists of six dimensions: attachment, social integration, opportunity for nurture, reassurance of worth, reliable alliance and guidance. By using a theoretical framework that divided perceived social support into assistance-related and non-assistance related social support, it was found that the risk of death was almost 2.5 times higher in women in the lowest tertile of non-assistance related social support (comprising infrequent experiences of reassurance of worth, emotional closeness, sense of belonging, and opportunity for nurture) than in women in the highest tertile. The risk remained strong even when controlling for the indicators of baseline sociodemographics and psychosocial and psychological health and functioning. Among men, none of the perceived social support dimensions showed a significant association with mortality. There is a challenge for society to find and develop social innovations and interventions in order to promote a sense of emotional social support in older people thereby contributing to their health and welfare. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070504214 A |
| Classmark | BBM: P6: TOA: CX: 49: 76L |
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