Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan.
Australas J Ageing. 2024 Sep;43(3):561-569. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13303. Epub 2024 Apr 1.
To clarify the circumstances of help-seeking preference among older adults in depopulated areas and the relationship between help-seeking preference and social support.
This was a cross-sectional study that included a sample of 271 men and women aged 65-79 years living in Japan. A questionnaire survey was conducted to assess help-seeking preference, social cohesion (community trust, norms of reciprocity and community attachment), socialising (interaction with neighbors and social network) and social support. Multiple regression analysis was performed with items that were found to be significantly associated with social support in the univariate analysis. Then, we examined the significance of the change in the coefficient of determination between a model that included help-seeking preference as an independent variable and a model that did not.
Social support was related to help-seeking preference, living arrangements, economic status, norms of reciprocity and social networks. There was a significant difference in the coefficient of determination between the models with and without help-seeking preference.
For older adults in depopulated areas to obtain social support, it is important to build trusting relationships with others and shows a willingness to seek and accept help.
阐明人口减少地区老年人寻求帮助的偏好情况，以及这种偏好与社会支持之间的关系。
这是一项横断面研究，纳入了日本 271 名年龄在 65-79 岁的男性和女性。通过问卷调查评估了老年人的帮助寻求偏好、社会凝聚力（社区信任、互惠规范和社区依附）、社交活动（与邻居的互动和社交网络）和社会支持。对单变量分析中与社会支持显著相关的项目进行多元回归分析。然后，我们检查了包含帮助寻求偏好作为自变量的模型和不包含该变量的模型之间决定系数变化的显著性。
社会支持与帮助寻求偏好、居住安排、经济状况、互惠规范和社交网络有关。有帮助寻求偏好和没有该偏好的模型之间的决定系数存在显著差异。
为了让人口减少地区的老年人获得社会支持，重要的是与他人建立信任关系，并表现出寻求和接受帮助的意愿。
