A Study of Loneliness in Relation to Health Status among Aged Person

The purpose of the study was to see the impact of loneliness among aged persons in the viewpoint of their health status. For this purpose, 180 aged persons were purposively selected as a research sample from Saran district area. Perceived Loneliness Scale of Dr. Praveen Kumar and Health Questionnaire of Q. Hasan were administered upon research sample and data were collected. The collected data were analyzed with t-test method. The findings revealed that :(i) Health of aged persons was negatively correlated with their loneliness related factor, (ii) The level of health status significantly depend upon loneliness of individuals. (iii) Workful aged persons have better health while workless aged persons have comparatively less better health status and (iv) There were no significant difference between male and female aged persons in term of their loneliness based factor.