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Effects of chronic comorbidity on psychological well-being among older persons in northern Peninsular Malaysia

Comorbidity is found to be more prevalent among older people and increases the need for health care. This study examined the effects of chronic comorbidity on psychological well-being of elderly people. A cross-sectional, descriptive study among Northern Malaysians was conducted, involving 385 older...

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Main Authors: Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi, Tengku Abdul Hamid, Tengku Aizan, Yahaya, Nurizan, Ibrahim, Rahimah
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Language:English
Published: Springer 2010
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14349/1/Effects%20of%20chronic%20comorbidity%20on%20psychological%20well-being%20among%20older%20persons%20in%20northern%20Peninsular%20Malaysia.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.143492019-04-08T08:32:22Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14349/ Effects of chronic comorbidity on psychological well-being among older persons in northern Peninsular Malaysia Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi Tengku Abdul Hamid, Tengku Aizan Yahaya, Nurizan Ibrahim, Rahimah Comorbidity is found to be more prevalent among older people and increases the need for health care. This study examined the effects of chronic comorbidity on psychological well-being of elderly people. A cross-sectional, descriptive study among Northern Malaysians was conducted, involving 385 older people aged 60 years and above randomly selected through multistage random sampling. All respondents completed a questionnaire booklet containing sociodemographic characteristics, self reported chronic morbidity, and WHO-5 Well-Being Index. Findings of this study demonstrated the prevalence and the mean morbidity were 77.7% and 1.62 (SD = 1.48), respectively. The mean score for the psychological well-being was 57.96 (SD = 22.97). Results of multiple regression analysis indicated psychological well-being is negatively affected by the number of concurrent chronic conditions. The results also showed that chronic comorbidity has the most negative effect on psychological well-being. Therefore, it is important to identify mediating factors and coping strategies that might improve psychological well-being of elderly people with coexisting morbid conditions. Springer 2010 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14349/1/Effects%20of%20chronic%20comorbidity%20on%20psychological%20well-being%20among%20older%20persons%20in%20northern%20Peninsular%20Malaysia.pdf Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi and Tengku Abdul Hamid, Tengku Aizan and Yahaya, Nurizan and Ibrahim, Rahimah (2010) Effects of chronic comorbidity on psychological well-being among older persons in northern Peninsular Malaysia. Applied Research Quality Life, 5 (2). pp. 133-146. ISSN 1871-2584; ESSN: 1871-2576 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11482-010-9098-2 10.1007/s11482-010-9098-2
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description Comorbidity is found to be more prevalent among older people and increases the need for health care. This study examined the effects of chronic comorbidity on psychological well-being of elderly people. A cross-sectional, descriptive study among Northern Malaysians was conducted, involving 385 older people aged 60 years and above randomly selected through multistage random sampling. All respondents completed a questionnaire booklet containing sociodemographic characteristics, self reported chronic morbidity, and WHO-5 Well-Being Index. Findings of this study demonstrated the prevalence and the mean morbidity were 77.7% and 1.62 (SD = 1.48), respectively. The mean score for the psychological well-being was 57.96 (SD = 22.97). Results of multiple regression analysis indicated psychological well-being is negatively affected by the number of concurrent chronic conditions. The results also showed that chronic comorbidity has the most negative effect on psychological well-being. Therefore, it is important to identify mediating factors and coping strategies that might improve psychological well-being of elderly people with coexisting morbid conditions.
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author Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi
Tengku Abdul Hamid, Tengku Aizan
Yahaya, Nurizan
Ibrahim, Rahimah
spellingShingle Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi
Tengku Abdul Hamid, Tengku Aizan
Yahaya, Nurizan
Ibrahim, Rahimah
Effects of chronic comorbidity on psychological well-being among older persons in northern Peninsular Malaysia
author_facet Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi
Tengku Abdul Hamid, Tengku Aizan
Yahaya, Nurizan
Ibrahim, Rahimah
author_sort Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi
title Effects of chronic comorbidity on psychological well-being among older persons in northern Peninsular Malaysia
title_short Effects of chronic comorbidity on psychological well-being among older persons in northern Peninsular Malaysia
title_full Effects of chronic comorbidity on psychological well-being among older persons in northern Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr Effects of chronic comorbidity on psychological well-being among older persons in northern Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Effects of chronic comorbidity on psychological well-being among older persons in northern Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort effects of chronic comorbidity on psychological well-being among older persons in northern peninsular malaysia
publisher Springer
publishDate 2010
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14349/1/Effects%20of%20chronic%20comorbidity%20on%20psychological%20well-being%20among%20older%20persons%20in%20northern%20Peninsular%20Malaysia.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14349/
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