title: Are things really so different? A research finding of satisfaction, illness and depression in rural South African elderly.
abstract: This study was conducted as a part of a larger study to create a database to describe elderly respondents residing in a rural South African community. The participants reported on their perceptions of social support, satisfaction, and illness in relationship to depression. There was a correlation between social support and satisfaction (r = .048502, p = .0001). Depression was not found to be a significant health problem in this elderly population. However, there were correlations between hypertension and depression noted (r = .57901, p = .0001).
authors.affiliation: Prairie View A&M University College of Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Program, USA.
authors.forename: Sherrita M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Dorsey
authors.forename: Helen D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: Dollie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brathwaite
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D010415:Pensions; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012423:Rural Health; D012944:Social Support; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires