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Prevalence of demographic profiles and loneliness among elderly women in private care institution

Loneliness among elderly women living in nursing home based on demographic profile become a phenomenon in many developed countries. In most research, loneliness has been identified as a negative feeling that can lead to death. Loneliness among elderly women occur when they are 60 years and above...

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Main Authors: Lukman@Zawawi, Mohamad, Nurunsaadah, S., Zulaikha, M.Z.
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Published: 2020
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spelling my-unisza-ir.72312022-05-23T02:51:09Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/7231/ Prevalence of demographic profiles and loneliness among elderly women in private care institution Lukman@Zawawi, Mohamad Nurunsaadah, S. Zulaikha, M.Z. R Medicine (General) Loneliness among elderly women living in nursing home based on demographic profile become a phenomenon in many developed countries. In most research, loneliness has been identified as a negative feeling that can lead to death. Loneliness among elderly women occur when they are 60 years and above once their children grow up and married. Then, there retired from occupations and their spouse died and make they live alone. Thus, this study aimed to identify the factors of demographic profiles have an impact on loneliness among elderly women. This research was conducted at a private institution in Terengganu, Malaysia with 78 elderly women as respondents quantitatively. The questionnaires from UCLA Loneliness Scale were adopted to analyse the risk of elderly having loneliness in nursing home. The result showed the factors of demographic profile have an impact on loneliness among elderly women in private institution its strength and significant. As a conclusion, the study on loneliness among elderly women in nursing home is important to raise awareness about this alarming issue in the society especially among elderly women. 2020-10 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/7231/1/FH02-FSSG-20-42368.pdf Lukman@Zawawi, Mohamad and Nurunsaadah, S. and Zulaikha, M.Z. (2020) Prevalence of demographic profiles and loneliness among elderly women in private care institution. Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 11 (6). pp. 1416-1421. ISSN 0976-5506
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Lukman@Zawawi, Mohamad
Nurunsaadah, S.
Zulaikha, M.Z.
Prevalence of demographic profiles and loneliness among elderly women in private care institution
description Loneliness among elderly women living in nursing home based on demographic profile become a phenomenon in many developed countries. In most research, loneliness has been identified as a negative feeling that can lead to death. Loneliness among elderly women occur when they are 60 years and above once their children grow up and married. Then, there retired from occupations and their spouse died and make they live alone. Thus, this study aimed to identify the factors of demographic profiles have an impact on loneliness among elderly women. This research was conducted at a private institution in Terengganu, Malaysia with 78 elderly women as respondents quantitatively. The questionnaires from UCLA Loneliness Scale were adopted to analyse the risk of elderly having loneliness in nursing home. The result showed the factors of demographic profile have an impact on loneliness among elderly women in private institution its strength and significant. As a conclusion, the study on loneliness among elderly women in nursing home is important to raise awareness about this alarming issue in the society especially among elderly women.
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author Lukman@Zawawi, Mohamad
Nurunsaadah, S.
Zulaikha, M.Z.
author_facet Lukman@Zawawi, Mohamad
Nurunsaadah, S.
Zulaikha, M.Z.
author_sort Lukman@Zawawi, Mohamad
title Prevalence of demographic profiles and loneliness among elderly women in private care institution
title_short Prevalence of demographic profiles and loneliness among elderly women in private care institution
title_full Prevalence of demographic profiles and loneliness among elderly women in private care institution
title_fullStr Prevalence of demographic profiles and loneliness among elderly women in private care institution
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of demographic profiles and loneliness among elderly women in private care institution
title_sort prevalence of demographic profiles and loneliness among elderly women in private care institution
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