Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Acta Medica Mediterranea, cilt.30, sa.5, ss.999-1002, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: Several approaches to elderly individuals are field of interest in family medicine. The adaptation of elderly individuals to different environmental conditions may decline over time. Materials and methods: This study was including 204 individuals. They were 107 men and 97 women. "Lubben Social Network Scale" and some questionnaires (Thoughts about elderly, Thoughts about life and death, Family status, Social status, aims and ideas) were applied to individuals aged 65 years or older who presented to our outpatient clinics with various reasons and accepted to participate and had ability to coordinate the study. Results: It was seen that Lubben friend scores were higher in men; questionnaires of thoughts about aging (TA), family status (FS) and questionnaires of goals and ideals (GI) factors scores were significantly higher in men, when compared to social status (SS) factor affected Lubben family scores; school-years affected Lubben neighbour score; gender, number of household and thoughts about life and death (LD) factors affected Lubben friend scores; there was a positive correlation between Lubben family score and SS factor whereas a negative correlation between Lubben neighbour score and school-years and a negative correlation between Lubben family score and number of household as well as a positive correlation Lubben friend score and LD factor. Conclusions: In our study, the finding that Lubben and questionnaire scores worked in different ways revealed some beneficial outcomes in practice. Thus, it should be considered to use both scales in routinely approaches to elderly individual.