Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
Biopsychosocial needs refer to the interconnected biological, psychological and social factors essential for an individual’s overall health and well‐being, emphasizing the integration of physical health, mental health and social relationships. This is the Descriptive research design. 181 elderly population aged 60 years and above were selected by enumerative sampling technique and data was collected by self‐structured questionnaire. The results of the study revealed the majority level of Biological, Psychological and Social needs among elderly population were belonged to the >70 Years, with a majority being males 94 (51.9%) and married 102 (56.4%). The majority of participants 170 (93.9%) lived in joint family. Majority of participants 114 (62.9%) had 3 to 5 no. of children and majority of the participants 175 (96.6%) had Hindu religion. The majority of participants (81.2%) exhibited noncommunicable disease, followed by 13.3% who were communicable disease. Regarding education, 43.3% of the participants experienced secondary education, while 74.6% were found to be unemployed. The correlation was calculated by using Karl Pearson’s correlation formula and a moderate positive significant relationship was observed between biopsychosocial needs (Kr=0.377., p‐value=0.01).Demographic variables was significantly associated with age, education and marital status (p<0.005). Although there was no association found between gender, occupation, type of family, income, no. of children and religion. The results of the study revealed that majority of the participants 68% were dependent followed by 30. 90% were semi‐dependent and remaining 1.10% were independent . The study has shown a moderate positive relationship between biopsychosocial needs in elderly population at 0.001 level of significance(r=0.377).
How to cite this article:
Inu Arya, Navita , Ritika , Afroz and Pinky . A Study to Assess the Biopsychosocial Needs of Elderly Population in Selected Community Areas, Gurugram Haryana.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makrjms.2025.2.120.125
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