Norhayati Ibrahim|Normah Che Din|Mohd Faizal Ahmad|Shazli Ezzat Ghazali|Zaini Said|Suzana Shahar|Ahmad Rohi Ghazali|Rosdinom Razali
Relationships between social support and depression, and quality of life of the elderly in a rural community in <scp>M</scp>alaysia
National University of Malaysia|National University of Malaysia|National University of Malaysia|National University of Malaysia|National University of Malaysia|National University of Malaysia|National University of Malaysia|National University of Malaysia
abstract introduction study aimed examine role social support depression predicting quality life among elderly living rural f ederal l evelopment uthority felda community alaysia methods total 162 elderly settlers felda sungai tengi aged 60 years selected universal sampling method crosssectional study three standardized instruments 12item hort f orm sf 12 15item g eriatric epression cale gds 15 edical utcome tudy ocial upport mos ocial upport used assess quality life depression social support results quality life elderly people community high especially terms physical components compared mental components mean scores emotional role sf 12 relatively highest 9074 2159 social functioning lowest 3035 2229 results also showed mean value higher physical component summary 7440 compared mental component summary 5151 approximately 235 suffered mild depression 25 severe depression discussion study showed elderly felda settlers high quality life mainly physical components life low rate severe depression positive indicator psychological wellbeing ocial support form emotionalinformational support depression significant factors related good quality life