What is it about?
Social isolation is defined as a state of complete or near complete lack of contact between an individual and society. This study was carried out to find the prevalence of social isolation among elderly people in India and also the factors associated with it.
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Why is it important?
Social isolation and its negative implications for the health of older people are not a much-discussed topic in the Indian setting. Findings of this study could be used to create awareness among the population as a preventive measure to reduce the burden of this public health problem which is likely to increase in the years to come. This study can also help policy makers and public health professionals in planning effective intervention programs to reduce social isolation.
Perspectives
This study is a challenging one as it used secondary data and in the original survey social isolation was not measured. Hence after many discussions we identified few variables that tells about social isolation.
Binu VS
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences
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This page is a summary of: Factors Associated With Social Isolation Among the Older People in India, Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, August 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0891988718796338.
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