Relationships between personal factors, role satisfaction in caring for children, perceived health status, social support, and well-being of the elderly, bangkok metropolis
Abstract:
The purposes of this research were to study the relationship between personal factors, role satisfaction in caring for children, perceived health status, social support, and well-being of the elderly, Bangkok metropolis. Subjects were 130 elder people in Bangkok metropolis selected by simple random sampling technique, from 13 health centers. The research instruments were the questionnaires for the elderly: role satisfaction in caring for children questionnaires, perceived health status questionnaires, social support questionnaires and well-being questionnaires. The questionnaires were tested for content validity by panel expert. Alpha Cronbach coefficients were .82, .73, .89 and .88, respectively. The data were analyzed by Pearsons product moment correlation coefficient, Chi-square test and Contingency coefficient statistic. The major findings were follow: 1.Well-being role satisfaction in caring for children and social support of the elderly Bangkok metropolis were at the high average level and the part of perceived health status was at the moderate average level. 2. Economic status, role satisfaction in caring for children, perceived health status andsocial support was positive correlated with well-being of the elderly, Bangkok metropolis at the .05 level but sex, education and marital status were not correlated with well-being of the elderly, Bangkok metropolis, at the .05 level.