The relationship between social support and happiness in older adults referred to health centers in Zarrin Shahr, Iran

Background: Creasing the older adult population has become a major public health challenge. Social support plays an important role in people's health. helps improve living conditions of elderly and brings happiness into lives elderly. This study aimed to investigate relationship between social status 60–75-year-olds referred centers Zarrin Shahr, Iran 2019.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 584 samples (female: 62.2%, men: 37.8%) participated study. To collect data for Oxford Happiness, Support questionnaires were used. The adults target group selected through simple multistage random sampling from Shahr. collected entered SPSS software version 22. They described analyzed by inferential statistics regressions at 95% confidence level.Results: Sex, marital status, level education influenced total (P < 0.05). Moreover, age, affected There was significant positive correlation components with Also, multi-stage regression test showed emotional highly correlated (R2 = 0.265).Conclusion: results highlight need increase because it can age group. interventions adults, low-educated, unmarried, divorced, or deceased spouses should be prioritized.