Correlation between Social Support and Mental Health of the Aged Based on Pearson Correlation Coefficient: A Meta-Analysis_Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Authors：

GE Fangjun ¹ , ZHAO Lei ¹ , LIU Jun ¹ , ZHOU Minxin ¹ , GUO Yi ¹ ,  ZHANG Qingjun ²

1. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China;2. Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan 430079, China;

Corresponding author：

ZHANG Qingjun, Email: qingjunzhang@163.com

Keywords：

Social support; Mental health; The aged; Meta-analysis; Pearson correlation coefficient

DOI：

10.7507/1672-2531.20120207

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Objective 　To reflect the correlation between social support and mental health of the aged through the Pearson correlation coefficient.
Methods 　Databases including PubMed, SpringerLink, EMbase, The Cochrane Library, VIP, WanFang Data and CNKI were searched from inception to October, 2011 to collect literature on the correlation between social support and mental health of the aged. The studies were screened according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. After extracting data and assessing the quality of the included studies, meta-analysis was conducted using RevMan 5.0 software.
Results 　Of the 2 396 identified studies, 4 studies were included. The results showed that 4 studies were not high in the overall quality. The total score of social support of the elderly and its three dimensions were related to mental health. Among 9 factors associated with mental health, somatization, depression and anxiety were weakly correlated to the objective support while the others were extremely weakly correlated. Anxiety and phobic anxiety were weakly correlated to the subjective support while the others were extremely weakly correlated. Phobic anxiety was weakly correlated to the utilizing degree while the others were extremely weakly correlated. Somatization, anxiety and phobic anxiety were weakly correlated to the total score of social support while the others were extremely weakly correlated.
Conclusion 　Social support probably improves mental health of the aged to some extent.

Citation： GE Fangjun,ZHAO Lei,LIU Jun,ZHOU Minxin,GUO Yi,ZHANG Qingjun. Correlation between Social Support and Mental Health of the Aged Based on Pearson Correlation Coefficient: A Meta-Analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2012, 12(11): 1320-1329. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20120207 Copy

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2. Hellman EA, Stewart C. Social support and the Elderly Client. Home Healthc Nurse, 1994, 12(5): 51-60.
3. 王建华, 主编. 医学科研方法. 第1版. 北京: 高等教育出版社, 2010: 285.
4. 岳春艳, 王丹, 李林英. 老年人心理健康状况及与社会支持的相关性. 中国临床康复, 2006, 10(18): 53-55.
5. 陈树林, 李凌江. SCL-90信度效度检验和常模的再比较. 中国神经精神疾病杂, 2003, 29(5): 32-35.
6. von Elm E, Altman DG, Egger M, et al. The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Statement: Guidelines for reporting observational studies. PLoS Med, 2007, 4(10): 1623-1627.
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9. Tsiligianni I, Kocks J, Tzanakis N, et al. Factors that influence disease-specific quality of life or health status in patients with COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis of Pearson correlations. Prim Care Respir J, 2011, 20(3): 257-268.
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12. 甘建光, 陈梅. 绍兴市区老年人心理健康状况与社会支持的相关性. 健康心理学杂志, 2001, 9(5): 392-393.
13. 赵玉萍. 济南市区老年人心理健康状况及生命质量的调查研究. 山东: 山东大学, 2004.
14. Leung KK, Chen CY, Lue BH. Social support and family functioning on psychological symptoms in elderly Chinese. Arch Gerontol Geriatr, 2007, 44(2): 203-213.
15. Andrew S. Handbook of Behavioral Medicine(chapter 17). Second Edition. America: Springer-Verlag New York Inc, 2010: 225-236.

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