1MSc Psychiatric Nursing, Dept. of Psychiatry, Nursing Institute of Nursing Education, Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib, Shastri Nagar, Ludhiana, Punjab
2Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, Nursing Institute of Nursing Education, Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib, Shastri Nagar, Ludhiana, Punjab
3Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, Nursing Institute of Nursing Education, Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib, Shastri Nagar, Ludhiana, Punjab
Online published on 17 March, 2016.
The prevalence of physical and psychosocial problems among senior citizens is rising in every country of world especially in developing country such as India. This is because of lack of care among senior citizens due to environmental factors. Physical and psychosocial problems are most common among senior citizens. Therefore, a comparative study to assess physical and psychosocial problems among senior citizens residing at old age home and those with families in selected urban community
The aim of the study is to compare the physical and psychosocial problems among senior citizens residing at old age home and those with families in the selected urban community Ludhiana.
A Non Experimental Descriptive Comparative research design is used to compare the physical and psychosocial problems among senior citizens residing at old age home and those with families in selected urban community Ludhiana, Punjab.
Descriptive and inferential statistics was used to analyze the data. It shows that mean score (94.02) of physical and psychosocial problems of senior citizens residing with families is higher as compare to the mean score (48.46) of physical and psychosocial problems among senior citizens residing at old age home. Based on ‘Z ’test the difference of mean score of physical and psychosocial problems among senior citizens at old age home and those with families is statistically highly significant at p<0.001 level. It is inferred that physical and psychosocial problems among senior citizens residing at old age home and with families are inter related and interdependent.
The finding inferred that senior citizens residing with families have more physical and psychosocial problems as compare to senior citizens residing at old age home. The comparison is highly significant of physical and psychosocial problems among senior citizens residing with families and at old age home. The association of physical and psychosocial problems among senior citizens residing at old age home and those with families was significant.
Physical and psychosocial problems, senior citizens
