ปัจจัยจิตสังคม การรับรู้ และการสนับสนุนทางสังคมที่มีผลต่อ ภาวะซึมเศร้าของผู้สูงอายุ จังหวัดนครศรีธรรมราช

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study 1) To study the depression level of the elderly of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province 2) To study the relationship between psychosocial factors, perception and social support related to depression of the elderly of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province and 3) To study psychosocial factors, perception and social support affecting depression of the elderly of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. The data were collected from relevant documents and questionnaires from the field by collecting data from the sample by using a multi-stage randomization. The data were collected from 240 participants and analyzed Pearson correlation and multiple regression. The results of the research were as follows. 1) The elderly in Nakhon Si Thammarat province had a mean of moderate depression (Mean = 1.40). 2) The lack of self-esteem, the life dissatisfaction, the perception of lack of family support was positively correlated with depression among the elderly. The spiritual discomfort, the perception of inability to perform routine, the perception of inability to maintain physical, attitude. the negative to death, the lack of information support there was a statistically significant positive correlation with depression among the elderly. and the lack of support for medical services, the lack of support for studies services and the lack of income and work support were statistically significantly associated with depression among the elderly of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. 3) Five statistically significant factors affecting Depression of the elderly Nakhon Si Thammarat Province: The lack of self-esteem (X1), the spiritual discomfort (X2), the perceptions of inability to care for health (X6), the lack of health information support (X8), the lack of support for educational services (X10).