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Association between structural social support and quality of life among urban older Malaysians
Alaa' Abu Hammattah1, Raudah Mohd Yunus1,2, Andre Matthias Müller3,4
1Center for Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Practice, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to examine the association between structural social support and quality of life (QoL) among urban older people in Malaysia.
Methods:
Cross-sectional data of 1484 participants from the first wave of the Malaysian Elders Longitudinal Research (MELoR) were analysed. QoL was measured with the Control, Autonomy, Self-realization, and Pleasure 12-item scale (CASP-12). Multivariate analyses were run using the generalised linear interactive model (GLIM) to determine the association between structural social support measures and QoL.
Results:
The mean age of the sample was 70.1 (SD = 7.4) years. Being married (B = 0.05, 95%CI 0.02, 0.08), larger social networks (B = 0.01, 95%CI 0.01, 0.02) and social participation (B = 0.02, 95%CI 0.02, 0.09) were associated with higher QoL, while living alone (B= -0.04, 95%CI -0.06, -0.02) was associated with lower QoL.
Conclusion:
Structural social support plays an important role in the QoL of older people in Malaysia.
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