tailieunhanh - báo cáo hóa học: "Psychological wellbeing, physical impairments and rural aging in a developing country setting"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học quốc tế đề tài :Psychological wellbeing, physical impairments and rural aging in a developing country setting | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Research Psychological wellbeing physical impairments and rural aging in a developing country setting Melanie A Abas f1 Sureeporn Punpuingt2 Tawanchai JirapramupitaM3 Kanchana Tangchonlatipt2 and Morven Leesef1 Open Access Address 1Health Service and Population Research Department King s College London London UK institute of Population and Social Research Mahidol University Nakhonpathom Thailand and 3Faculty of Medicine Thammasat University Pathumthani Thailand Email Melanie A Abas - Sureeporn Punpuing - prspu@ Tawanchai Jirapramupitak - tawanchaij@ KanchanaTangchonlatip - prktc@ Morven Leese - Corresponding author fEqual contributors Published 16 July 2009 Received 2 March 2009 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7 66 doi 1477-7525-7-66 Accepted 16 July 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 66 2009 Abas et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background There has been very little research on wellbeing physical impairments and disability in older people in developing countries. Methods A community survey of 1147 older parents one per household aged sixty and over in rural Thailand. We used the Burvill scale of physical impairment the Thai Psychological Wellbeing Scale and the brief WHO Disability Assessment Schedule. We rated received and perceived social support separately from children and from others and rated support to children. We used weighted analyses to take account of the sampling design. Results Impairments due to arthritis pain paralysis vision stomach problems or breathing were all associated with lower wellbeing. After .