Are older people more vulnerable to long term impacts of disaster?
Background: Despite the growing interest in the study of disasters, there is limited research addressing the elderly population that lead to prejudiced beliefs that older adults are more vulnerable to disasters than younger adults. This study aimed to compare positive mental health between elderly a...
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| author | Rafiey, Hassan Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi Alipour, Fardin Khankeh, Hamidreza Ahmadi, Shokoufeh Khoshnami, Mohammad Sabzi Haron, Sharifah Azizah |
| author_facet | Rafiey, Hassan Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi Alipour, Fardin Khankeh, Hamidreza Ahmadi, Shokoufeh Khoshnami, Mohammad Sabzi Haron, Sharifah Azizah |
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| description | Background: Despite the growing interest in the study of disasters, there is limited research addressing the elderly population that lead to prejudiced beliefs that older adults are more vulnerable to disasters than younger adults. This study aimed to compare positive mental health between elderly and young earthquake survivors.
Method: Data for this study, consisting of 324 earthquake survivors, were obtained from a population-based cross-sectional survey conducted in Iran, 2015. The long-term effect of earthquake was assessed using the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form questionnaire. A one-way multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) using SPSS (version 22) was used in data analysis.
Results: Older adults scored significantly a higher level of overall positive mental health (mean [M]=34.31, standard deviation [SD]=10.52) than younger age group (M=27.48, SD=10.56, t=-4.41; P<0.001). Results of MANCOVA revealed a statistically significant difference between older and young adults on the combined positive mental health subscales (F(3,317)=6.95; P<0.001), after controlling for marital status, sex, and employment status.
Conclusion: The present findings showing a higher level of positive mental health among elderly earthquake survivors compared with their younger counterparts in the wake of natural disasters suggest that advancing age per se does not contribute to increasing vulnerability. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-551132017-12-28T10:12:51Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55113/ Are older people more vulnerable to long term impacts of disaster? Rafiey, Hassan Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi Alipour, Fardin Khankeh, Hamidreza Ahmadi, Shokoufeh Khoshnami, Mohammad Sabzi Haron, Sharifah Azizah Background: Despite the growing interest in the study of disasters, there is limited research addressing the elderly population that lead to prejudiced beliefs that older adults are more vulnerable to disasters than younger adults. This study aimed to compare positive mental health between elderly and young earthquake survivors. Method: Data for this study, consisting of 324 earthquake survivors, were obtained from a population-based cross-sectional survey conducted in Iran, 2015. The long-term effect of earthquake was assessed using the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form questionnaire. A one-way multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) using SPSS (version 22) was used in data analysis. Results: Older adults scored significantly a higher level of overall positive mental health (mean [M]=34.31, standard deviation [SD]=10.52) than younger age group (M=27.48, SD=10.56, t=-4.41; P<0.001). Results of MANCOVA revealed a statistically significant difference between older and young adults on the combined positive mental health subscales (F(3,317)=6.95; P<0.001), after controlling for marital status, sex, and employment status. Conclusion: The present findings showing a higher level of positive mental health among elderly earthquake survivors compared with their younger counterparts in the wake of natural disasters suggest that advancing age per se does not contribute to increasing vulnerability. Dove Medical Press 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55113/1/Are%20older%20people%20more%20vulnerable%20to%20long%20term%20impacts%20of%20disaster.pdf Rafiey, Hassan and Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi and Alipour, Fardin and Khankeh, Hamidreza and Ahmadi, Shokoufeh and Khoshnami, Mohammad Sabzi and Haron, Sharifah Azizah (2016) Are older people more vulnerable to long term impacts of disaster? Clinical intervention in Ageing, 11. pp. 1791-1795. ISSN 1176-9092; ESSN: 1178-1998 |
| spellingShingle | Rafiey, Hassan Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi Alipour, Fardin Khankeh, Hamidreza Ahmadi, Shokoufeh Khoshnami, Mohammad Sabzi Haron, Sharifah Azizah Are older people more vulnerable to long term impacts of disaster? |
| title | Are older people more vulnerable to long term impacts of disaster? |
| title_full | Are older people more vulnerable to long term impacts of disaster? |
| title_fullStr | Are older people more vulnerable to long term impacts of disaster? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Are older people more vulnerable to long term impacts of disaster? |
| title_short | Are older people more vulnerable to long term impacts of disaster? |
| title_sort | are older people more vulnerable to long term impacts of disaster |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55113/1/Are%20older%20people%20more%20vulnerable%20to%20long%20term%20impacts%20of%20disaster.pdf |
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