THE STUDY OF SOCIO - DEMOGRAPHIC STATUS, PHYSICAL ABILITIES AND MENTAL HEALTH IN THE 21ST CENTURY OF ELDERLY IN SONGKHLA PROVINCE
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The objectives of this research were to: 1) study the social demographic status of older adults in urban and rural areas of Songkhla Province; 2) study the physical abilities and mental health of the elderly in urban and rural areas of Songkhla Province; and 3) determine guidelines for organizing appropriate physical activities for the elderly. The population in the research were 161 elderly in rural and urban areas of Songkhla Province, aged 60 years. Including 81 in urban and 80 in rural areas. The research tools were socio-demographic information of the elderly questionnaires and physical ability test and mental health scales. The data were analyzed by percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test and content analysis.
The research results found that most samples were females in the early elderly, middle-aged elderly and late age elderly respectively. Physical abilities of the elderly in Songkhla Province were healthy in both areas, they were able to do everyday basis on their own. For the mental health showed that the elderly were good mental health in both areas, which rural areas elderly had higher mental health than urban areas of Songkhla. Guidelines for organizing appropriate physical activities for the elderly should be activities that use several muscles simultaneously. There are alternating periods of tension and relaxation, so that the blood can carry enough oxygen to the muscles and rise the heart rate increase Gradually.
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