A study of the anxiety trait among the elderly residing in the Infirmary or with their Families

This study aims at finding out the differences between the elderly residing infirmaries and those staying with their Families concerning their suffering of anxiety according to the factors of the place of residence, age and gender. The study deals with 436 elderlies; these include 222 males and 214 females. The elderlies in the infirmaries are 150 and those with their Families are 286 as taken from the governorates of Damascus, Rural Damascus, Homs and Lattakia.