Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance, Vocational School of Social Sciences, Bayburt University, Bayburt, Turkey.
Department of Management Information Systems, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
Front Public Health. 2023 Jan 4;10:1060845. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1060845. eCollection 2022.
BACKGROUND/AIM: Due to the high contribution of psychological problems to the decline in the comfortable lifestyle of the older individuals, determining the factors that affect individuals' receiving psychological services and searching for solutions based on these factors is one of the primary concerns of national and international decision-makers. This study aimed to identify the factors that affect older individuals' access to psychological assistance services in Turkey.
In this study, the Turkish Health Research micro dataset, which was conducted by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) in 2016 and 2019, was employed. In this dataset, the data of 7,252 older individuals were analyzed. Using binary logistic analysis, the factors that are effective for obtaining psychological assistance for the older individuals were identified.
According to the results of the analysis, factors such as gender, education, general health status, disease status, payment of health expenditures, and body mass index affected older individuals who received psychological assistance.
In recent years, there has been a rise in the availability of psychological assistance services for the older individuals. By identifying factors that increase the likelihood of receiving psychological assistance services, this study is expected to contribute to the creation and regulation of psychological assistance services to prevent possible psychological problems that may occur in old age, minimize the problems experienced by individuals, and promote a more comfortable lifestyle.
背景/目的：由于心理问题极大地影响了老年人的舒适生活方式，因此确定影响个体获得心理服务的因素，并基于这些因素寻找解决方案，是国家和国际决策者的首要关注点之一。本研究旨在确定影响土耳其老年人获得心理援助服务的因素。
本研究使用了土耳其统计研究所（TURKSTAT）于 2016 年和 2019 年进行的土耳其健康研究微观数据集。在该数据集中，分析了 7252 名老年人的数据。通过二元逻辑分析，确定了影响老年人获得心理援助的因素。
根据分析结果，性别、教育程度、一般健康状况、疾病状况、医疗支出支付情况和体重指数等因素影响了接受心理援助的老年人。
近年来，为老年人提供心理援助服务的机会有所增加。通过确定增加获得心理援助服务可能性的因素，本研究有望为创建和规范心理援助服务做出贡献，以预防老年人可能出现的潜在心理问题，最大限度地减少个体所经历的问题，并促进更舒适的生活方式。
