Important Dependency-Associated Community Resources among Elderly Individuals with a Low Level of Social Support in China

Ying Li, Yiyang Pan, Yuan Chen and Pingyu Cui
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Ying Li: Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Yiyang Pan: Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Yuan Chen: Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Pingyu Cui: Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 5, 1-11

Abstract: Background: The prevalence of dependency personality disorder is high among elderly individuals with a low level of social support. The objective of this study was to explore the dependency associated with important community resources among elderly individuals with a low level of social support from the perspective of resource demand. Methods: The population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in 22 locations in China. A total of 950 participants aged ?60 years were selected using a complex multistage sampling design. All the data were collected using questionnaires via face-to-face interviews. The dependency was assessed using the standardized Chinese version of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-II. Community resources were assessed using 43 items. Logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the association between dependency and important community resources. Results: Bivariate analysis showed that the level of social support was negatively associated with levels of income ( p < 0.001) and education ( p = 0.008) and was positively associated with social communication and interactions ( p < 0.001). The logistic regression analysis showed that the emergency call or survival monitoring system (ECSMS) was the most important community resource that was significantly associated with the levels of dependency; the odds ratio was 2.64 (95% CI, 1.07–3.91; p = 0.031) among elderly individuals with a low level of social support. Conclusions: The levels of dependency were most significantly associated with the ECSMS among elderly individuals with a low level of social support. Our results suggest that improving the ECSMS can be the main problem in the development of community resources.

Keywords: dependency; community resources; low level of social support; elderly (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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