| dc.description.abstract | Introduction
Due to the increasing number of elderly population in the world
and Iran, the topic of life satisfaction of this group has been the focus
of researchers. Quality of life in the elderly is affected by several
factors , Attention to variety of anxieties, especially death and aging
anxiety in elderly, greatly affects their quality of life, However, social
support can improve the quality of life. Therefore, the purpose of the
present study was to investigate the relationship between perceived
social support and anxiety of "aging and death" with quality of life in
the elderly.
methodology: To investigate the relationship between perceived
social support and anxiety of "aging and death" with quality of life in
the elderly, 450 elderly people living in Bukan who had family
records in health centers were selected and included in the study.
Questionnaires were used for data collection: CASP12 Quality of Life
Questionnaire Version 12 of the Wiggins et al, Questionnaire,
Perceived Social Support by Zimet et al, Arabian Death Anxiety
Questionnaire (ASDA) and Lashkarov Folkender Aging Anxiety
Questionnaire. For all tests the significance level was 0.05 and
SPSS22 software was used.
Result: Results of multiple regression showed ,Social support,
death anxiety and aging anxiety variables were significant predictors
of quality of life in the elderly. Also, there was a significant and direct
correlation (p <0.05) between the variables of quality of life with
social support and death anxiety with aging anxiety, Also, there was asignificant and negative relationship (p <0.001) between the variables
of aging anxiety and death anxiety with quality of life.
Conclusion:This study demonstrates the importance of the
determinants of social support, stress and anxiety, aging, death in the
elderly And it is a confirmation of the consideration and consideration
of these factors, On the other hand, increasing social support can help
to improve the quality of life of elderly. | en_US |
