Frailty Syndrome and Its Correlation with Psychological Solitude in the Elderly A Clinical Psychology Perspective

Résumé

The current study aims to shed light on the association between Frailty Syndrome and the sense of psychological loneliness among elderly individuals residing in Dar Al-Rahma and Mohammed Boudiaf Hospital in Biskra, Algeria. The hypotheses of the study were as follows:

• We expect the level of Frailty Syndrome among the elderly individuals in the sample to be high.
• The elderly individuals in the study sample suffer from a high level of psychological loneliness.
• There are statistically significant differences in Frailty Syndrome among the study sample attributed to gender.
• There are statistically significant differences in Frailty Syndrome among the study sample attributed to age.
• There are statistically significant differences in psychological loneliness among the study sample attributed to gender.

There are statistically significant differences in psychological loneliness among the study sample attributed to age. In our study, we adopted the descriptive method as the appropriate approach, given the subject matter, and used the Frailty Syndrome Scale and the Psychological Loneliness Scale for this purpose. After verifying their psychometric properties on a random sample of 64 elderly individuals, the results were analyzed using the SPSS statistical analysis program. The findings revealed:

• The elderly individuals in the sample experience a moderate level of Frailty Syndrome.
• The elderly individuals in the sample experience a moderate level of psychological loneliness.
• There are no statistically significant differences in Frailty Syndrome attributed to age and then gender.
• There are statistically significant differences in psychological loneliness attributed to gender.

There are no statistically significant differences in psychological loneliness attributed to age