A Descriptive Study to Assess the Effect of Process Addiction on Global Functioning Status Among Older People in Selected Area Pathalgaon, Jashpur District, Chhattisgarh

Abstract

Background: Process addiction refers to compulsive behaviors that an individual engages in and continues to do despite harmful consequences. An older people are defined by the United Nations as person who is over 60 years of age. However, families and communities often use other socio-cultural referents to define age, including family status (grandparents), physical appearance or age-related health conditions. Aim: The present study is aimed to assess the effect of process addiction on global functioning status among older peoples. Setting and Design: A quantitative research approach with non-experimental research design was adopted for the study. The study focused on older peoples from selected area Pathalgaon, Jashpur (C.G.) Material and Methods: Totally 60 older peoples above 65 years of age from the selected area Pathalgaon, jashpur (C.G.) after obtaining informed consent. Data was collected using 48 questionnaires covering the area i.e., Self- Structured Questionnaire (3-point rating scale) to assess extent of process addiction among older people and Self-Structured Questionnaire (3-point rating scale) to evaluate global functioning status among older people. Results: As the present study aimed to find out the effect of process addiction on global functioning status among older people was statistically analyzed using student’s’ test. As tcal were 5.63 which is more than ttab at 0.05% level of significance. There is significant associate-ion between process addiction and Education qualification (x2cal14.16> x2tab12.59). There is significant association between global functioning status and marital status (x2cal 17.7> x2 tab12.59).