A study of loneliness and mental health among old age people in Haridwar

Pages: 1930-1933
Udai Prakash Verma and Arun Kumar (Department of Psychology, Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, Uttrakhand)

In the present research an attempt was made to study the relationship between loneliness and mental health among old aged people. For this study purposive sampling technique was used to collect the sample of 80 old age people in the age range of 65 to 75 years (40 were from old age home & 40 were living with family) from district Haridwar. UCLA Loneliness Scale and Mithila Mental Health Status Inventory (MMHSI) scales were used to collect data. Mean and standard deviation of loneliness of people living in old age home (42.33, 8.51) and people living with their family is (34.10, 6.81) and t-value is 4.78 which is significant at 0.01 level. This shows significant difference in the level of loneliness of old age people living with their family and old age home. Mean and standard deviation of mental health of people living in old age home (156.95, 17.61) and people living with their family is (106.25, 11.00) and t-value is 15.45 which is significant at 0.01 level. This shows significant difference in the level of mental health of old age people living with their family and old age home. The level of loneliness is high in the old age people living in old age home and ashramas. The level of mental health is also low in the old age people living in old age home as well as in ashramas in Haridwar.