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标题：A profile of social isolation and the influence of demographics in older persons living in residential care, Durban, South Africa
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作者：Mary Ann Jarvis ; Suvira Ramlall ; Jennifer Chipps 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2214-1391
出版年度：2021
卷号：14
页码：100271
DOI：10.1016/j.ijans.2020.100271
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：Introduction Residential care settings have shown high social isolation rates with incumbent risks necessitating measurement to formulate health promotion policies. Objective To measure social isolation levels in older persons living in a lower socio-economic residential care setting in South Africa. Method A cross sectional survey with older persons from four inner city residential care facilities. A researcher-administered questionnaire was developed based on the Working Paper No.66, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative. Data were analysed to describe social isolation and assess the influence of demographics. Results The response rate was 72.14% (n = 277) and representative of the residential care population for age and gender. Nearly half of the respondents (47.3%) met criteria for social isolation in terms of social network support and density and almost 20% for perceived isolation through decreased levels of friendship. Conclusion Although residential care does not prevent social isolation, the residents in the setting may provide a buffering in the provision of some social support.
关键词：Older persons ; Residential care ; Social isolation