Loneliness and cognitive impairment among older people living in long-term care

Loneliness and cognitive impairment are common among older people. However, the study on the association between cognitive impairment and loneliness among older people in longterm care in Malaysia is limited. This study aimed to explore the association between sociodemographic, cognitive impairment...

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Main Authors:	Syed Elias, Sharifah Munirah, Makhtar, Aniawanis, Azizan, Azzirat Farhana
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Published:	Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia 2019
Subjects:	RT Nursing
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spelling	iium-776622020-01-29T08:26:29Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/77662/ Loneliness and cognitive impairment among older people living in long-term care Syed Elias, Sharifah Munirah Makhtar, Aniawanis Azizan, Azzirat Farhana RT Nursing Loneliness and cognitive impairment are common among older people. However, the study on the association between cognitive impairment and loneliness among older people in longterm care in Malaysia is limited. This study aimed to explore the association between sociodemographic, cognitive impairment and loneliness among older people in long-term care. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 167 older people aged 60 years and over living in long-term care (Rumah Seri Kenangan Ulu Kinta, Perak and Rumah Seri Kenangan Cheras, Selangor). A questionnaire consists of three parts; socio-demographic background, Elderly Cognitive Assessment Questionnaire (ECAQ) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale were used for data collection. Data were analysed by using IBM Statistical Package Social Science (SPSS) version 20. It was found that 51.5% of older people experienced a severe high degree of loneliness. For the cognitive level, 49.1% older people reported having cognitive impairment. There was a significant association between age and loneliness (p = 0.001). It was reported that there was a significant association between age (p = 0.003), marital status (p = 0.006) and cognitive level. This study also found that there was a strong positive correlation between cognitive impairment and loneliness (r = 0.832, p = 0.001). The findings suggest a pressing need for interventions designed to decrease loneliness that may be particularly beneficial for the reduction of cognitive impairment among older people living in long-term care. Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77662/1/394-Article%20Text-1753-1-10-20200106.pdf Syed Elias, Sharifah Munirah and Makhtar, Aniawanis and Azizan, Azzirat Farhana (2019) Loneliness and cognitive impairment among older people living in long-term care. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences, 3 (3). p. 831. E-ISSN 2600-8491 https://journals.iium.edu.my/ijahs/index.php/IJAHS/article/view/394
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description	Loneliness and cognitive impairment are common among older people. However, the study on the association between cognitive impairment and loneliness among older people in longterm care in Malaysia is limited. This study aimed to explore the association between sociodemographic, cognitive impairment and loneliness among older people in long-term care. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 167 older people aged 60 years and over living in long-term care (Rumah Seri Kenangan Ulu Kinta, Perak and Rumah Seri Kenangan Cheras, Selangor). A questionnaire consists of three parts; socio-demographic background, Elderly Cognitive Assessment Questionnaire (ECAQ) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale were used for data collection. Data were analysed by using IBM Statistical Package Social Science (SPSS) version 20. It was found that 51.5% of older people experienced a severe high degree of loneliness. For the cognitive level, 49.1% older people reported having cognitive impairment. There was a significant association between age and loneliness (p = 0.001). It was reported that there was a significant association between age (p = 0.003), marital status (p = 0.006) and cognitive level. This study also found that there was a strong positive correlation between cognitive impairment and loneliness (r = 0.832, p = 0.001). The findings suggest a pressing need for interventions designed to decrease loneliness that may be particularly beneficial for the reduction of cognitive impairment among older people living in long-term care.
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author	Syed Elias, Sharifah Munirah Makhtar, Aniawanis Azizan, Azzirat Farhana
author_facet	Syed Elias, Sharifah Munirah Makhtar, Aniawanis Azizan, Azzirat Farhana
author_sort	Syed Elias, Sharifah Munirah
title	Loneliness and cognitive impairment among older people living in long-term care
title_short	Loneliness and cognitive impairment among older people living in long-term care
title_full	Loneliness and cognitive impairment among older people living in long-term care
title_fullStr	Loneliness and cognitive impairment among older people living in long-term care
title_full_unstemmed	Loneliness and cognitive impairment among older people living in long-term care
title_sort	loneliness and cognitive impairment among older people living in long-term care
publisher	Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia
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Loneliness and cognitive impairment among older people living in long-term care

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