A Comparison of Social Support and General Health of Women and Men Elderly People Residing in Boarding House With Those Residing in Private House

The purpose of accomplishing the present research was to investigate compare the general health & social support between women and men elderly people residing in boarding home with those residing in private house in shiraz city.in This research 33 persons were selected among adult live in elderly house through using cluster sampling and 33 persons were selected among adult that live with their family through using sampling. The research tools included two questionnaires including General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) and Social Support Questionnaire (1986) which were distributed among persons and afterwards, the necessary information were collected and also were analyzed. In measuring the descriptive findings, the mean, standard deviation, and percentage were used and in the analytical statistical section independent sample t-test and Pearson correlation coefficient were used. The result showed that social support and from its dimension, family support, friendly support among elderly residing in their house was significantly different than those residing in boarding house. Also the result revealed that disorder in social function among elderly residing in private house was significantly higher. Between social support and more of its dimension with general health and more of its sub scales in two groups of elderly, the relation was significant.