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Dollie Brathwaite

Publications and source records attributed to Dollie Brathwaite.

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Comparison of parents of children and the elderly in a rural community.

A comparison of parents and the elderly on three variables--support, depression, and satisfaction are presented. The subjects were 201 elderly and 198 parents of children in a rural community. The findings support that the elderly who receive pensions are caring for young children.

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Elderly citizen's perception of their health and care provided in a rural South African community.

A descriptive survey of 201 senior citizens, 55 years or older was conducted June 2001, using face-to-face interviews to establish a database. Structured tools were used to measure self appraisal of family stress, perceived social support, caregiver satisfaction and psychological health of family members and of themselves. Even though the senior citizens had survived past the estimated life expectancy, the quality of life has not improved significantly in the post-apartheid period.

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Are things really so different? A research finding of satisfaction, illness and depression in rural South African elderly.

This study was conducted as a part of a larger study to create a database to describe elderly respondents residing in a rural South African community. The participants reported on their perceptions of social support, satisfaction, and illness in relationship to depression. There was a correlation between social support and satisfaction (r = .048502, p = .0001). Depression was not found to be a significant health problem in this elderly population. However, there were correlations between hypertension and depression noted (r = .57901, p = .0001).

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Depression and social support in the elderly population: a study of rural South African elders.

Western societies tend to believe that poverty increases depression and that social support is very limited. This study was conducted in a rural South African community. Goals of the study were to determine how the elderly perceived social support and to assess their levels of depression. The study indicated that there was no significant difference in the level of depression using two different scales to determine depression. Age did not influence the amount of social support the elderly received from family, friends or the community.

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