factors affecting the spiritual well-being of the elderly

Abstract

The purpose of this cross- sectional study was to study the factors affecting the spiritual well-being of the elderly.
The sample group used to collect the quantitative data was 109 elderly people. Data were collected between 30
November 2021 and 20 March 2022. Quantitative data collection tools included personal data questionnaires, social
support questionnaires, and the Spiritual Well-Being Test had Cronbach's alpha coefficients of confidence of .70 and .74,
respectively. The results found that factors affecting the spiritual well-being of the elderly were male gender, social support,
and offering food to monks every day without going to the temple that predicting spiritual well-being in older adults was
predicted by 14.1 percent (R² = .141, β=-.306, R² adjusted = .141, t = -2.081, p < 0.05) by 11.4 percent (R²= .131, R2
adjusted = .114, t = 2.737, p < 0.05) and 5.9% (R²= .068, β=-.186, R2 adjusted = 0.059, -3.389, p < 0.05), respectively.
Therefore, health care teams in the community should design activities that promote spiritual well-being for the elderly,
support male gender factor, social support, and offer food to the elderly.