Instrumental Social Support Measures

INTRODUCTION: Background and purpose: Human’s longevity has increased with advances in health and better management of communicable diseases. Therefore, the number of older adult is increasing in developed and developing countries. A glimpse at studies reveals that identifying elderly’s health needs has been mainly based on the experts’ understanding, while older adult themselves have rarely expressed their own opinions. This study aimed to better understand Tehran, Iran elderly’s perception of their own health needs.METHODS: In this qualitative study, with purposeful sampling, data was collected by conducting deep semi-structured interviews with elderlies aged 60-84 years, residing at their private houses. After 19 interviews, the data achieved saturation. The content of the interviews was analyzed through content-analysis approach.RESULTS: Data analyses led to extracting main categories of needs in different domains. The main health needs in physical health domain included: having a healthy lifestyle, independence and safety. Regarding elders’ mental health, coping with their aging, inner tranquility; regarding their spiritual health, the need to have a meaning in life and faithfulness in religion were identified as main groups of needs. And the most important among their main social health needs were the needs for emotional and social support, social involvement and instrumental social support. CONCLUSION: Although, a wide range of physical, mental and social needs were raised, some were more important. Fulfilling the emotional needs in social health had the highest frequency among the needs expressed by the contributors. Following that with a notable difference were the frequencies of having a healthy lifestyle, independence and inner tranquility. This means that attempts to address elderly health needs should avoid focusing mainly or even only on disease related needs and serious attention should be paid to their emotional and social needs.

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Partner’s Perceived Social Support Influences Their Spouse’s Inflammation: An Actor–Partner Analysis

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph19020799 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 799

Author(s):

Joshua D. Landvatter ◽

Bert N. Uchino ◽

Timothy W. Smith ◽

Jos A. Bosch

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Sample Size ◽

Perceived Social Support ◽

Married Couples ◽

Perceived Support ◽

Potential Mechanism ◽

Inflammatory Index ◽

Support Measures ◽

Cardiovascular Morbidity And Mortality ◽

Partner Perceptions

Social support has been linked to lower cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, most studies have examined perceived support as an intrapersonal construct. A dyadic approach to social support highlights how interdependence between individuals within relationships, including partner perceptions and interactions, can influence one’s health. This study’s overall purpose was to test actor–partner models linking perceived social support to inflammation. Ninety-four cisgender married couples completed perceived support measures and had their blood drawn for CRP and IL-6 to produce an overall inflammatory index. The primary results indicate that only a partner’s level of perceived support was related to lower inflammation in their spouse. Our sample size, although moderate for inflammatory studies, was probably not large enough to detect actor influences. These data highlight the importance of taking a dyadic perspective on modeling perceived support and its potential mechanism.

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The Effect of Instrumental Social Support and Self-Efficiency on Performance of Employees with Disabilities

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Applied Economics and Social Science (ICAESS 2019) ◽

10.2991/icaess-19.2019.2 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Murni Wulan

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Instrumental Social Support ◽

Employees With Disabilities

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Social support of adults and elderly with chronic kidney disease on dialysis

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/1518-8345.0411.2752 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 24 (0) ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Simone Márcia da Silva ◽

Natalia Fernanda Braido ◽

Ana Carolina Ottaviani ◽

Gabriela Dutra Gesualdo ◽

Marisa Silvana Zazzetta ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Chronic Kidney Disease ◽

Kidney Disease ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Individual Interviews ◽

Instrumental Social Support ◽

High Social Support ◽

Social Support Scale ◽

Emotional Social Support

ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the instrumental and emotional social support of patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis. Method: descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample was sized for convenience and included 103 participants under treatment in a Renal Replacement Therapy Unit. Data were collected through individual interviews, using the Social Support Scale. Results: the mean scores of the emotional and instrumental social support were 3.92 (± 0.78) and 3.81 (± 0.69) respectively, an indication of good support received. The most frequent sources of instrumental and emotional social support mentioned by participants were partners, spouse, companion or boyfriend and friends. Conclusion: patients with chronic kidney disease have high social support, both instrumental and emotional, and the main support comes from the family.

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Parental Instrumental Social Support Scale

PsycTESTS Dataset ◽

10.1037/t23182-000 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Jayna M. Dave ◽

Alexandra E. Evans ◽

Marge D. Condrasky ◽

Joel E. Williams

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Instrumental Social Support ◽

Social Support Scale

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DIGITALIZATION OF THE PROCESSES OF PROVIDING SOCIAL SUPPORT MEASURES TO CITIZENS AS A FACTOR IN IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF STATE BUDGETARY ACTIVITIES

Economic problems and legal practice ◽

10.33693/2541-8025-2021-17-5-175-183 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (5) ◽

pp. 175-183

Author(s):

TATYANA SADOVSKAYA ◽

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Social Policy ◽

Social Security ◽

National Development ◽

Primary Source ◽

Legal Regulation ◽

The State ◽

Management Decision ◽

Support Measures ◽

Management Decision Making

Relevance of the study. Given the significant budget expenditures on the digital transformation of government bodies and social policy, the large number of recipients of state support measures, the urgent need for digital services, the initiatives taken by the state to create a single platform for targeted social support of citizens (social treasury) within the emerging domestic ecosystem are of particular interest. Research objectives. The objectives of the study are to analyze the current state of digitalization of the processes of assigning and providing basic support measures, to establish and identify guidelines and needs of legal regulation, to study potential opportunities for implementing a platform approach in the field of social security to improve the efficiency of state budgetary activities. Conclusions. The legal guidelines for improving the processes of providing social support measures are strategic planning documents, the full implementation of which requires a comprehensive study and the creation of the necessary regulatory framework. To date, the principle of targeting and the targeted nature of budgetary funds in relation to the provision of social support measures has not been properly implemented, and therefore the comprehensive state social policy does not fully ensure the achievement of the goals and objectives. The introduction of an innovative model of the social treasury, the primary source of information for which will be the reference data of the federal population register, will bring the process of budget administration in the field of social security to a qualitatively new level, reduce the risks of non-fulfillment by the state of its obligations, will contribute to strengthening the culture of publicity and openness of management decision-making processes, the development of accountability of authorities at all levels to society for achieving national development goals.

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Relationship between Psychological Factors and Social Support after Lifting of Evacuation Order in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

Behavioral Sciences ◽

10.3390/bs10100149 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 149

Author(s):

Yujiro Kuroda ◽

Yohei Koyama

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Emotional Support ◽

Living Environment ◽

Psychological Variables ◽

Permanent Housing ◽

Support Measures ◽

The Status ◽

Need For Support ◽

The Village ◽

Joint Assessment

We examined the relationships among social support and psychological variables and investigated the status of social support among villagers whose evacuation order had been lifted. A written questionnaire was posted to 4828 registered residents of Iitate Village; 1405 valid responses were received. The main finding (in joint assessment by local and external experts) was the “need for professional support” (191 respondents, 13.6%). A multivariate analysis found that among those living in permanent housing outside the village, the need for support was significantly more likely for those without emotional support or instrumental support than for those not providing support. The associations between perceived social support and living environment suggest the need to strengthen social support measures in areas where evacuation orders are yet to be lifted, and provide useful information for examining the effects of future support efforts.

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Social support and depression among community dwelling older adults in Asia: a systematic review

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026667 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (7) ◽

pp. e026667 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Tengku Amatullah Madeehah Tengku Mohd ◽

Raudah Mohd Yunus ◽

Farizah Hairi ◽

Noran N Hairi ◽

Wan Yuen Choo

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Systematic Review ◽

Older Adults ◽

Observational Studies ◽

Community Dwelling ◽

Eligibility Criteria ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Support Measures ◽

Received Social Support ◽

Community Dwelling Older Adults

ObjectivesThis review aims to: (1) explore the social support measures in studies examining the association between social support and depression among community-dwelling older adults in Asia and (2) the evidence of association.DesignA systematic review was conducted using electronic databases of CINAHL, PubMed, PsychINFO, Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Collection, SocINDEX and Web of Science for articles published until the 11th of January 2018.Eligibility criteriaAll observational studies investigating the association between social support and depression among community-dwelling older adults in Asia were included.ParticipantsOlder adults aged 60 years and more who are living in the community.Exposure measuresSocial support.Outcome measuresDepression.ResultsWe retrieved16 356 records and screened 66 full-text articles. Twenty-four observational studies were included in the review. They consisted of five cohort studies and 19 cross-sectional studies. Social support was found to be measured by multiple components, most commonly through a combination of structural and functional constructs. Perceived social support is more commonly measured compared with received social support. Good overall social support, having a spouse or partner, living with family, having a large social network, having more contact with family and friends, having emotional and instrumental support, good support from family and satisfaction with social support are associated with less depressive symptoms among community-dwelling older adults in Asia.ConclusionsThere were 20 different social support measures and we applied a framework to allow for better comparability. Our findings emphasised the association between good social support and decrease depression among older adults. Compared with western populations, family support has a greater influence on depression among community-dwelling older adults in Asia. This indicates that the family institution needs to be incorporated into designed programmes and interventions when addressing depression in the Asian context.Trialregistration numberCRD42017074897.

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