Aislamiento social en adultos mayores semi-institucionalizados del litoral ecuatoriano.

Social isolation is an evident reality during the elderly, caused by the weakening of the support networks of friends and relatives of the elderly, which affects the incidence of organic disorders that alter
their holistic well-being. The objective of the research was to determine the presence of social isolation
of users in semi-institutionalized older adults of the Ecuadorian coast; A quantitative, observational,
descriptive, cross-sectional methodology was used during the months of May to October 2018, using
the survey as a technique, through the instrument called the Lubben Social Network Scale - LSNS-6.
The universe was made up of 395 adults from the province of Santa Elena; Through proportional stratified random sampling, 248 users were prioritized, divided into three strata; The data were processed
using the SPSS v23 program, generating univariate and bivariate statistical analyzes. As results, the
mean age of the population was 73.44 ± 7.1, mostly women with married marital status; It is evident
that 46.8% of the population perceives social isolation and alteration in the friendships dimension
(54.4%). There was a statistical relationship with the sex variable (p = 0.044). It was concluded that
about half of the population perceives social isolation and that such isolation has a statistical relationship with sex, highlighting a higher occurrence in females.