BMC Public Health, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 25(1)
Опубликована: Апрель 10, 2025
Self-neglect is common among older adults and may have devastating health consequences. This study aims to examine the relationships between self-neglect depression, social networks, literacy (HL) in adults. The cross-sectional was conducted March May 2024 at four family centres located a district of Istanbul, Turkey. A total 370 adults, aged 65 years above, were selected by simple random sampling from those who visited during period. Sociodemographic Information Form, Revised Turkish version Mini Mental State Examination, Istanbul Medical School Elder Self-Neglect Questionnaire, Lubben Social Network Scale, Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Health Literacy Scale-32 used for data collection. Data analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation analysis, hierarchical linear regression serial multiple mediation analysis. mean age participants 71.42 ± 5.54 (65-90) years, 55.7% women. prevalence 34.9%, depressive symptoms 46.2%. HL levels 62.7% inadequate, 31.6% problematic-limited. HL, gender, education status, income status statistically significant predictors (R2 = 0.508, p < 0.001). had direct effect on (effect -0.148, 0.001), as did networks 0.107, 0.001) mediating relationship depression (LLCI -0.043, ULCI -0.015), with an size -0.028. also -0.121, -0.063), -0.089. Our findings showed that play critical role predicting partially mediate self-neglect. Based these results, efforts improve strengthen support systems would be beneficial mitigating effects reducing
Язык: Английский