A study on psychological well-being of elderly of Hisar city

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Rupal Hooda, Tanvi Bansal, and Chander Kala Singh (Department of College of Home Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana)

Psychological well being has been examined as an indicator of successful adaption during old age. A study was conducted on 100 aged people in Hisar district to assess physical health and their direct and indirect effect on psychological well-being. Respondents, aging between 60 to 80 years were selected at random from different locations of Hisar consisting half males and half females. Almost 70% of respondents were a part of joint family, 27% belonged to nuclear families and 3% lived alone. In terms of physical work, 80% had no dependency on their family while only 3% were completely dependent. Mild, moderate and severe health problems faced by the respondents varied to 53%, 43% and 3%, respectively. Almost 27% respondents had health insurance whereas 64% were regular for their health check-ups. Half of respondents were active in utilizing their leisure time for performing outgoing routine activities on a daily basis while 77% on a weekly basis. As far as psychological well-being is concerned, 90% had average results followed by good (7%) and poor (3%). Almost all the respondents were educated, either up to matriculation or post-graduation and majority had family support which is a good contributor in the maintenance of good psychological and physical well-being.