Araya Alejandra-Ximena, Iriarte Evelyn
Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile.
Instituto Milenio para la Investigación del Cuidado, Chile.
Rev Med Chil. 2023 Aug;151(8):1028-1037. doi: 10.4067/s0034-98872023000801028.
Chilean community-dwelling older people are a vulnerable population with a high risk of being self-perceived as lonely.
To examine the factors associated with the self-perception of loneliness in a group of Chilean community-dwelling older people.
Cross-sectional study design with 540 participants aged 65 years and above (72.20 ± 6.22). Measures for sociodemographic, health status, and integral geriatric assessment were assessed. Correlations and multiple linear regression models were conducted.
Factors such as low perception of social support in everyday situations or cases of emergency, experiencing high depressive symptoms, and perceiving a poor quality of life were significantly associated with a higher self-perception of loneliness.
Preventive strategies and age-appropriate psychosocial interventions to mitigate or reverse the impact of these factors may be essential to reduce the self-perception of loneliness and consequently improve older people's well-being.
智利社区居住的老年人是一个弱势群体，自我感觉孤独的风险很高。
研究智利社区居住的老年人群体中与孤独自我认知相关的因素。
采用横断面研究设计，有540名年龄在65岁及以上的参与者（72.20±6.22）。评估了社会人口统计学、健康状况和综合老年评估的指标。进行了相关性和多元线性回归模型分析。
日常或紧急情况下社会支持感知较低、抑郁症状严重以及生活质量较差等因素与更高的孤独自我认知显著相关。
采取预防策略和适合年龄的心理社会干预措施来减轻或扭转这些因素的影响，对于降低孤独自我认知并进而改善老年人的幸福感可能至关重要。
