DOI: https://doi.org/10.36347/sjams.2025.v13i02.001

Pages: 295-299

Background of Study: Transient loneliness (loneliness which exists for a short period of time) is related to positive effects, including an increased focus on the strength of one's relationships. Chronic loneliness (loneliness which exists for a significant amount of time in one's life) is generally correlated with negative effects, including increased obesity, substance use disorder, risk of depression, cardiovascular disease, risk of high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. Chronic loneliness is also correlated with an increased risk of death and suicidal thoughts. Other social treatments for loneliness include the ownership of pets and loneliness-designed technologies, such as meetup services or social robots (although the use of some technologies in order to combat loneliness is debated). Loneliness has long been a theme in literature, going back to the Epic of Gilgamesh. Aim: the aim of the study was to assess the loneliness and social support among elders. Method: A non-experimental cross-sectional study was conducted from April 09 to May 10, 2024, a total of 206 study subjects were selected using the stratified random sampling technique. The study was conducted in selected rural areas of Bagalkot district. A standard Loneliness and social support scale was used to collect the data. According to the general system model was employed to identify the association of loneliness and social support among elders. Result: The sample have years with the minimum age 60 years and maximum age was more than 75 years. The loneliness has 96 samples of Moderate degree with the percentage of 46.60%, and 108 samples of Moderate high degree with the percentage of 52.40%, and 2 samples of high degree with the percentage of 0.97%. with the mean was 49 and SD was 5.8, And out of 206 social support have 136 samples of medium perceived support with the percentage of 66.01%, and 38 samples of medium perceived support with the percentage of 18.44%, and 32 samples of high ...