بررسی میزان رضایت از محل سکونت و عوامل مرتبط با آن در سالمندان شهر سنندج

رضایت از محل سکونت یکی از عواملی است که تاثیر زیادی بر سلامت، عملکرد، به زیستن و نهایتاً کیفیت زندگی افراد سالمند می گذارد. اما در ایران مطالعات کافی در حوزه محیط و سالمندی وجود ندارد. از این رو، هدف پژوهش حاضر بررسی میزان رضایت از محل سکونت و عوامل مرتبط با آن در سالمندان شهر سنندج است. مطالعه حاضر به روش مقطعی و از نوع توصیفی_تحلیلی است که بر روی 280 نفر از سالمندان شهر سنندج در سال 1400 انجام گردید. جامعه آماری این پژوهش کلیه سالمندان 60 ساله و بالاتر ساکن شهر سنندج بودند. در این مطالعه از روش نمونه گیری چند مرحله ای_خوشه ای استفاده شد. داده ها با استفاده از پرسشنامه رضایت از محل سکونت توسط پرسشگر جمع آوری و برای تجزیه و تحلیل داده ها از نرم افزار spss نسخه24 استفاده شد. میانگین سنی سالمندان در پژوهش حاضر7.26 ±68.34 بود. میانگین رضایت از محل سکونت در این مطالعه 0.54± 3.65 بود. نتایج این پژوهش نشان داد که رضایت از محل سکونت سالمندان در حد متوسط است. نتایج مطالعه می تواند به سیاست گذاران در حوزه مسکن و شهرسازی کمک کند تا با برنامه ریزی به میزان رضایت سالمندان از محل سکونت و وضعیت سلامت و به زیستن آنان توجه نمایند.

residential satisfaction and its related factors among older adults in sanandaj city

introduction with the advancement of technology and health and medical sciences, the population of the elderly is increasing all over the world, in such a way that the population of people aged sixty years or more is estimated to reach 2.03 billion by 2050 (nations, 2015; zhao & chung, 2017). the elderly are among the valuable capitals of any country and a symbol of the development of societies. as a result, understanding the needs of this part of the society and planning to meet their needs can improve their quality of life and life expectancy (moghimi & momeni, 2019). in most epidemiological studies, the factors affecting the health of the elderly have been studied, one of which is satisfaction with their place of residence, with a great impact on the performance and well-being of the elderly (balfour & kaplan, 2002). satisfaction with the place of residence is an important issue in environmental psychology because it is one of the most prominent environments in human experience, especially for the elderly; for those with physical and financial limitations, their homes and places of residence often make up the focus of their daily lives, which makes it very important to understand and identify the factors affecting satisfaction with the place of residence (rioux & werner, 2011). satisfaction with the place of residence is a factor with great impacts on the health, performance, well-being, and quality of life of the elderly. in iran, however, there have not been enough studies in the field of environment and aging. therefore, the aim of the present study is to investigate the level of satisfaction with the place of residence and the relevant factors in the elderly in the city of sanandaj, iran. theoretical framework in the present study, the theoretical framework of rioux and warner’s research was used. this framework includes two parts of satisfaction levels: residence and predictive factors. the examined levels of satisfaction with the place of residence included the assessment of the dimensions of the neighborhood (beauty, safety, etc.), access to services and shopping centers (transportation and conditions of sidewalks), social relations with neighbors (mutual, positive respect and respect for privacy, and internal features of the house (desirability, comfort of accommodation, absence of coercion, etc.). the investigated predictive factors included the convenience of the physical environment (properties of the residence, distance from shopping centers, and distance from green spaces), social environment (meetings, visits, and transition in the neighborhood), self-perceived well-being (self-perceived health, self-perceived economic status, etc.), and demographic characteristics (age, gender, household size, etc.) have been investigated (rioux & werner, 2011). methodology the present research is a cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study that was performed on 280 older people in the city of sanandaj, iran in 2021. the population included all the residents of sanandaj aged 60 years or older. in this study, the multistage cluster sampling method was used. the data were collected using a questionnaire measuring satisfaction with the place of residence, and the spss software version 24.0 was used to analyze the data. results and discussion the mean age of the older adults in the present study was 68.34 with a standard deviation of 7.26, and 55% of the participants were men. the mean score of