Volume : 7, Issue : 5, May - 2018

A descriptive study to assess level of resilience among rural elderly at selected villages of Trichy District, Tamil Nadu.

Hetzy Sk, Juliet S

Abstract :

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Resilience in older age is the ability to stand up to adversity and to &lsquo;bounce back&rsquo; or return to a state of balance following individual adverse events.For continuing adversity, it may be a matter of having the ability, or learning how, to cope with or manage that adversity in the longer term. </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black">Objectives:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">1. To assess the Socio demographic characteristics of rural elderly 2. To assess the Level of resilience among rural elderly </span><b><span style="font-size:&#10;12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black">Methodology:</span></b><span style="font-size:&#10;12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black">&nbsp;A descriptive study was conducted at on 200 elderly people by applying <a name="_Hlk514158751">CD-RISC Tamil version </a>to assess the level of level of resilience and information regarding the sociodemographic characteristics were collected.&nbsp;<b>Results:</b>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Level of resilience in respondents was determined using the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black">Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale(CD-RISC) Tamil version </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">tool.<span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"> Out of 200 elderlies. 48% of the respondents were having low resilience and 22 % of the respondents were having Intermediate resilience and 30% of the respondents were having High level of resilience level </span></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:black">Conclusions:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:black">The current research has shown that out of 200 elderlies 96 (48 %) elderlies were having Low Level of resilience according to CD-RISC Tamil version </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">tool</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black"> and the score level was below 70.So,<span style="background:white"> the results endorse that there </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;&#10;background:white">is low level of resilience among the geriatric population and adequate measures should be taken to identify factors associated with resilience of elderly at rural community and </span><span style="font-size:&#10;12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">designed interventions to enhance resilience among older adultsis the mandate of the present scenario in our country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>