Showing 23 results for Elderly
V Rashedi , M Rezaei , M Gharib , Sh Nabavi ,
Volume 5, Issue 2 (9-2013)
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Abstract Background & objectives: social support is predicated to perception of affection and support of family,friends and relatives. This study aimed to compare the social support in the elderly of home and nursing home of Hamedan. Material &Methods: In this cross sectional descriptive-analytic study, 177 elders of nursing home in Hamadan with a similar sample of elders’ home who were matched in gender, were compared. To gather the data, Social Support Appraisals Scale was used as well as Demographic Variables Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS 16. Results: 354 subjects participated in the study that consisted of 45.2% male. Results showed mean score of social support has significant difference in the elderly of home and nursing home of Hamadan (P < 0.001). Conclusion: According to the results and the importance of social determinants of health, such as social support, it’s necessary to improve the quality of life of the elderly people in nursing homes with development, planning and policy making
E Golmakani , Mr Usefi , M Tabatabaeichehr , F Ghanei Zare , L Moayyed , E ,hasan Zadeh , H Mortazavi ,
Volume 5, Issue 5 (3-2014)
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Abstract Background & Aims: Fall is one of the common problems among olds that increases disabilities and mortality in this age group. So it is necessary to review and identify the different fall reasons in elderly in order to decrease the risks of fall and prevent it. This study is aimed to review the literatures related to the fall reasons in elderly. Material& Methods: In this study, 40 articles with the words elderly, falling, falls, and aging databases PubMed IranDoc Science Direct Google Scholar Iranian geriatric journals from 2000 to the present was reviewed comprehensively and in depth. Results: More than 30 percent of the people over the age of 65 falls at least once a year, 37 percent of them were women and the other 25.2 percent were men. Fall reasons which have been known till now were: loss of consciousness, seizures, strokes and sudden environmental problems. In 10 percent of falls the problems as serious injuries to head, hip fractures and subdural bleeding were reported. Conclusion: Fall decreases aged people activities and changes their life style. It is important to take care of them much more and try to provide a safe environment for them to have a healthy elderly population. So, initial standard assessments play a key role in recognizing and identifying the seniors at risk of the fall and supporting them.
V Borhaninejad, V Momenabadi, Sh Hossseini, T Mansori, A Sadeghi, M Toroski,
Volume 6, Issue 4 (3-2015)
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Background & Objectives: With increasing life expectancy, mean and median age of the population and the number and proportion of older people have increased. To plan for providing services to this population, access to accurate information is essential. The present study describes assessing physical and mental health status elderly in Kerman city that will provide appropriate evidences for planners. Material & Methods: This was a cross-sectional study in which 400 elderly people were questioned in Kerman. Data collection was performed by standard questionnaires(ADL, SF36, Kessler-K6 and Yeild questionnaire). To analyze the data we used SPSS17 software, and statistical tests such as chi square, T test, and one way ANOVA were applied. Results: More than half of the elderly had problems with depression and anxiety disorders. In psychological wellbeing, Loneliness was the most common complain of old people. The activities of daily living were found to be without any dependence in 56% of population and 30% with relative dependence and 14% with complete dependence. Also on Physical Performance 22% of elderly had severe restrictions, 35.2% had moderate restrictions and 36.2% had Low restrictions. Conclusion: there are many problems for elderly. Therefore, more efforts are essential to modify these effects in order to protect their independence.
M Ghafouri, M Yaghubi, Sh Seyed Sharifi,
Volume 6, Issue 4 (3-2015)
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Background & Objectives: Increasing rate of elderly population and pursuant increase in infectious disease in senile, underline the importance of infectious disease in this group. The goal of this study is evaluate one of the critical manifestation of infectious disease in senile inclusively fever and impaired consciousness. Material & Methods: this study was a prospective descriptive- analytic that performed in 2013. In all 1464 hospitalized patients in infectious disease and neurologic disease units, 464 patients (31.69%) were senile. Patients, who have temperature above 37.8 ̊c, were assessed. In final, 80 senile patients with primary diagnosis of fever and decreased level of consciousness, included to the study. The assessment of clinical status was performed concurrent hospitalization and 24 hours after that. The collected data were analyzed by using the SPSS software. Results: 80 patients were eligible with including criteria, 53 patients were male. The most common infections led to impaired consciousness and fever included pneumonia, urinary infections, sepsis with uncertain zone and abdominal infections, respectively. The highest and lowest mortality rate was related to pneumonia (35.5%) and urinary infections (12.5%), respectively. Conclusion: Given that to the results of this study, infectious diseases in elderly patients demand more attention. Elderly with fever and impaired consciousness, who recovered during early hours of hospitalization, had better prognosis. Therefore decrease of fever, serum therapy and correction of primary metabolic disorder should be noticed
H Salehi, R Bagherrnia , A Azadian , Ma Mohammadizadeh ,
Volume 8, Issue 1 (6-2016)
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Background & objective: Alzheimer's is a progressive brain disease that destroys brain cells to be causing impairment in memory and cognitive processes. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was the evaluation of cognitive function deficit in elderly patients with and without Alzheimer's disease using the dual task.
Material and Methods: This study was a quasi-experimental and between subject and within subject design was used in it. The 23 subjects (11 females and 12 males) with an age range of 62 to 81 years; 13 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and 10 healthy elderly subjects (EC) with normal cognitive function participated in this study. Identifying people with Alzheimer's disease and healthy people was performed based on physician diagnoses and the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ). After obtaining the average number of correct counting of months of the year in both simple and difficult cognitive task, each person was performed 10 tasks simultaneously (under Dual-task) in both simple and difficult condition.
Results: The results showed that the AD group compared to the matched controls (EC) in the difficult condition of cognitive task, more errors were committed. Also level of difficulty and AD disease effect on drop in the average number of months counted at dual-task condition was significant (p < 0.05).
Conclusion: It seems that attentional tasks is appropriate to separate patients with AD and healthy elderly individuals. But for a more detailed explanation of this issue, there is a need for further researches.
Key words: healthy elderly, Alzheimer's disease, cognitive Task, Dual Task.
H Mortazavi , A Pakniyat , R Ganji , Mr Armat , M Tabatabaeichehr , H Saadati,
Volume 8, Issue 3 (12-2016)
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Background & Objectives: Osteoarthritis is considered as the most common chronic disease and cause of disability in the elderly. Self-management can be appropriate to relieve the symptoms of osteoarthritis as one of the most suitable approaches in people with chronic diseases. This study aimed to determine the effect of self-management education program on disability of elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis referring to the elderly care clinic of Imam Reza (AS) treatment center in Shiraz.
Material & Methods: Firstly, an on hand sampling was done in this quasi-experimental study on elderly patients with osteoarthritis of knee. Then they were randomly divided into two groups: intervention (41 patients) and control groups (41 cases). The questionnaire contained demographic information and WOMAK tool was used to determine the severity of disability, which was performed at before, immediately after, and eight weeks after the intervention for both groups. The intervention was consisted of six sessions of group education in self-management included information about the disease and treatment, medication management, symptom management, management of psychosocial consequences, lifestyle (including exercise), social support and so on. The control group received usual care. Data was analyzed using the SPSS20 and descriptive-analytical tests (the significance level was α = 0/05).
Results: The two groups were matched in the case of age, sex, education level, marital status, disease severity, body mass index, and earnings based on chi-square tests and independent t-test (p> 0.5). Before the intervention, there was no significant difference in the mean score of disability between the intervention and control groups (p= 0.55). However, the mean score of disability was significantly less in the case group rather than the control one, after the intervention (22.76±14.71 vs. 42.50±17.43) (p<0.0001).
Conclusion: The performance of self-management program can be useful in reducing morbidity of patients with knee osteoarthritis. Therefore, it can be used as an effective empowering method.
Saeed Frouzandeh, Mahshid Foroughan, Mohammad Ali Hosseini, Akram Farhadi, Akbar Biglarian,
Volume 9, Issue 3 (12-2017)
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Introduction: The more the number of elderlies, the higher the number of them will be who need to be cared in nursing homes. Most of this care is delivered by formal caregivers working in nursing homes; so, investigating the factors related to quality care is critical. This study was conducted to assess how caregivers’ attitude towards aged people and their awareness about aging are related to their job stress.
Methods: This cross-sectional correlational study was implemented during 2015 in all residential care homes of Tehran, were working under Welfare Organization supervision. A total of 83 elderly caregivers in 11 centers who met the inclusion criteria entered the study. Demographic checklist, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Kogan's Attitudes Toward Older People Scale, and Facts on aging quiz (FAQI) were applied to collect data. The gathered data was analyzed using SPSS-22. Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Spearman tests were used to test the hypotheses.
Results: Findings showed the low awareness levels in regards with the facts of aging (8.18 ± 1.61) and relatively positive attitude towards older adults (121.57 ± 10.28), accompanied by high levels of job stress among the caregivers (102.75 ± 10.09). Job stress showed negative but statistically significant relationship with both awareness and attitude (P < 0.05).
Conclusions: Based on the results, low levels of awareness and negative attitude toward aging in the formal caregivers was related to high levels of job stress. Therefore, more attention toward training of formal caregivers to increase their knowledge and correct their attitudes is recommended with the aim of avoiding job stress and preserving the quality care.
Hamed Mortazavi, Ebrahim Golmakani, Mohammadreza Armat, Mahbubeh Tabatabaeichehr, Ebrahim Hasanzadeh,
Volume 9, Issue 3 (12-2017)
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Introduction: Spiritual intelligence is a dimension of spiritual health, which facilitates human adaptation to his/her environment. Since beliefs, culture and spiritual commitments can be associated with positive outcomes such as physical and psychological health, satisfaction with life, favorable interpersonal performance and better quality of life, the present study was conducted to determine the relationship between spiritual intelligence and quality of life of older people covered by health centers in the city of Kashmar in 2015-16.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study in which 430 eligible elderlies living in urban and rural areas of the city of Kashmar were selected through stratified random sampling. Research instruments were spiritual intelligence questionnaires of Abdullah Zadeh et al. and quality of life questionnaire LEIPAD. For data analysis, test and Spearman's correlation coefficient were used.
Results: According to the results, the average score of elderlies’ spiritual intelligence in Kashmar city (114.79 ± 6.15) was at an optimum level and the qualities of their lives (52.94 ± 6.56) were assessed as medium. In addition, there was a significant negative correlation between the mean score of spiritual intelligence level and the quality of life among elderlies in Kashmar city (P = 0.01, r = -124).
Conclusions: The present study results showed that despite the inverse and significant relationship found between the mean score of spiritual intelligence and the mean score of quality of life in elderlies of Kashmar, the results obtained showed the need for further studies in other parts of the country with different cultural, economic and social backgrounds, and with different sample sizes (smaller or larger), given the mutual effects of spiritual intelligence and quality of life of elderlies as a factor affecting positive outcomes such as physical and mental health, satisfaction with life and favorable performance among them.
Tahereh Mansouri, Akram Farhadi, Vahid Reza Borhaninejad, Afsaneh Kojaie Bidgoli, Shahin Dokht Navvabi Rigi, Reza Hosseinabadi,
Volume 9, Issue 4 (3-2018)
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Introduction: Social participation is an important and modifiable dimension of healthy and successful aging. The current study aimed at determining the level of social participation as well as its related factors and barriers to the elderly people in Khorramabad, Iran.
Methods: The current cross sectional study was performed on 285 elderly people living in Khorramabad in 2015. The Canadian community health survey (CCHS) and the social participation questionnaire were used to collect data. Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS software version 20 using independent t test, the Welch test, Pearson correlation, and linear regression. The level of significance for all the tests was set to P < 0.05.
Results: The mean age of the older people in the current study was 69.68 (± 6.39) years. The mean score of social participation for the study participants was 10.06 ± (5.50). Disease (81.3%), financial problems (72.5%), and lack of physical accessibility (55.9%) were respectively the main barriers to social participation. There was a significant relationship between age, gender, marital status, housing status, level of education, occupation, income, and social participation.
Conclusions: Despite willingness of the elderly people in the current study, their social participation was low. Officials are suggested to make policies and develop plans in order to remove the barriers and provide a platform to promote social participation among seniors.
Sara Jorkesh, Rasool Nazari,
Volume 11, Issue 1 (5-2019)
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Introduction: New considerations have been appeared because the number of elderlies has been increased. Since the disabilities of elderly period are become more prevalent as the age increases, in this situation the role of sport becomes more prominent for keeping the elderlies healthy and improving their social joy. Present study has been done in order to advance the elderly sport in Iran.
Methods: This study has been done by the systematic grounded theory. These people are scholars and specialists in sport sciences, psychologists, social workers, sociologists, nurses, the managers of sanity offices, the Welfare Organization and the social council of municipality. The purposeful and theoretical sampling were selected for semi-structured interviews. Interviews continued until theoretical saturation. Data simultaneously collected data were analyzed using Strauss & Corbin. Data validation criteria recommended by Lincoln & Guba was confirmed.
Results: The results show that 276 basic conceptual statements with 11 primary categories and 50 secondary categories in paradigm model form were identified. The paradigm model includes: causal conditions (3 category), central phenomena (7 categories), action strategy (2 categories), context (2 categories), intervening conditions (2 categories), and consequence (1 category).
Conclusions: The integration of categories based on the interrelations between them about the elderly sport in Iran forms the paradigmatic model which this model reflects the model of involved managers in the elderly issues.
Reza Hosseinabadi, Shoorangiz Biranvand, Somayeh Mirzayee Sharifi, Khatereh Anbari, Seyyed Hamid Nabavi, Tahereh Mansouri,
Volume 11, Issue 1 (5-2019)
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Introduction: Social support is one of the factors influencing social well-being and successful aging. This study was conducted to determine the association between social support and social well-being of elderly people in Khorramabad.
Methods: In this descriptive-correlational study, 462 community dwelling elderly people living in Khorramabad were selected from health centers using multistage random sampling. Perceived social support and social well-being were assessed using standard questionnaire through a face-to-face interview. The data were analyzed by the SPSS software version 20, using descriptive and analytical statistics including Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficient, chi-square and independent t-test.
Results: The findings showed that the older residents of the Khorramabad have relatively good social support and moderate social well-being. There was also a weak to moderate relationship between receiving social support of the family, friends and significant others with social well-being and its dimensions. But, there was no significant relationship between perceived social support and social solidarity. In addition, there was a significant relationship between age, education and living arrangements and some subscales of social support and social well-being.
Conclusions: The findings of this study indicate the relationship between social support and social well-being of the elderly. Enhancing family relationships, providing social participation conditions for the elderly at the national and local level are among the strategies for strengthening the social health of the elderly.
Mahbubeh Tabatabaeichehr, Hamed Mortazavi, Elham Sharifiyan, Zakiya Mehraban,
Volume 11, Issue 2 (10-2019)
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Introduction: Social support as an independent and predictable variable for all aspects of health and well-being, quality of life, morale and life satisfaction of the seniors. It conceptualized in format of two received social support and perceived social support. Therefore, this study conducted with the aim of comparing the received social support and perceived social support from the viewpoint of the elderly people of Dargaz in 2018.
Methods: This descriptive-analytical study carried out on 210 elderly people through simple random sampling of Health Comprehensive Centers with the help of random numbers table and special codes in SINA System. The data collected through interviews and demographic questionnaires, index of received social support by Sherbourne and Stewart, and perceived social support by Zimet and analysed using correlation, one-way ANNOVA, Friedman, Independent T and Mann Whitney U tests.
Results: There was direct linear correlation between received social support and perceived social support. [r = 0.69, P= 0.001] In dimensions of perceived social support, the difference in mean scores was significant [P= 0.001] and the average score of family support was higher.
Conclusions: In respect to aligned received social support and perceived social support with the special role of the family as the most influential component of social support from the viewpoint of elderly people, it suggested that meanwhile informing families in this regard, formal and informal planning and supports attended to family-focused cares.
Sajjad Ramezani, Mohammad Parasteah, Karim Zohrehvandian,
Volume 12, Issue 3 (12-2020)
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Introduction: Endothelin 1, which is secreted by vascular endothelial cells, has been identified as the most potent vasoconstrictor. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a course of endothelin-1 plasma resistance training and its relationship with blood pressure in older men.
Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 30 elderly men (mean age 62.28 ± 8.08 years, height 170 ± 6.85 cm, weight 76 ± 12.09 kg, body mass index 26.30 ± 4.12 kg/M2, and WHR 0.92 ± 0.4) were purposively selected and randomly divided into two groups of control (N = 15) and experimental (N = 15). Plasma levels of endothelin-1, systolic and diastolic blood pressure were measured before and after eight weeks of exercise. An independent t-test was used to examine intra-group differences and inter-group differences, and the Pearson correlation coefficient was used to investigate the relationship between endothelin-1 and blood pressure. The significance level was considered less than 0.05.
Results: This study showed that eight weeks of resistance training significantly reduced the plasma levels of endothelin 1 in older men (P = 0.002). Also, eight weeks of resistance training significantly reduced the systolic blood pressure of older men (P = 0.001), but the decrease in diastolic blood pressure was not significant (P = 0.082). There was a direct and significant correlation between the concentration of endothelin one and systolic blood pressure (P = 0.0510, R = 0.019). However, no correlation was observed between endothelin 1 concentration and diastolic blood pressure (P = 0.375, R = 0.055).
Conclusions: According to the research results, eight weeks of resistance training seems to be associated with decreased plasma levels of endothelin one and a decrease in blood pressure, especially systolic blood pressure. Therefore, it seems that a resistance training course according to the present study protocol can be useful in lowering blood pressure following endometrial plasma levels as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and hypertension in older men.
Zohreh Abbasi, Mahbobeh Hakime Najaf Abad, Reza Ganji, Raheleh Asali, Seyed Hamid Nabavi, Salar Poorbarat, Seyedeh Mahboobeh Rezaeian,
Volume 12, Issue 4 (2-2021)
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Introduction: Osteoarthritis is the most common articular disease and functional disorders is one of the symptoms. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of massage on knee functional problems in elderly women with osteoarthritis.
Methods: The statistical population consisted of 58 elderly women with mild to moderate osteoarthritis referred to Rheumatology Clinic of Bojnurd city using a cross-sectional clinical trial the sampling method was purposive and the patients were divided into control group and comparative group. After the day of diagnosis, during the intervention seven phase of intervention massages was performed on the knees fifteen minutes each day for one week with effleurage method. In intervention group standard treatments (100 mg Diclofenac) were used. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 16 software, and paired t-test, paired and independent t-tests, central and dispersion indices were calculated.
Results: In response to the main purpose of the study, "Determination of mean pain in older women before and after intervention" in both groups showed that knee massage reduced pain severity which revealed there was a significant difference.
Conclusions: Although there are many techniques which can be effective on functional disorders but performing massage techniques such as massage therapy are more effective for reduction of functional disorders due to availability, cheapness, patients interests, informality, absence of complications and efficiency.
Afshin Einbeigi, Ali Akbar Soleimanian, Mahmoud Jajarmi,
Volume 13, Issue 1 (6-2021)
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Introduction: Having cognitive flexibility enables people to not only cope better with stressful situations, but also have less stress and have more ability to cope with problems. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of treatment of acceptance and commitment and existentialism therapy on increasing psychological flexibility in the elderly.
Methods: The current research method is semi-experimental and its design is pre-experimental-post-experimental with control group. The statistical population of the present study included all members of the Bojnourd Retirement Association in 2020, who were at least 60 years old. The sample size in this study included 45 people, first by targeted sampling and random substitution in three experimental groups 1 [15]. Individual], experimental group 2 [15 people] and control group [15 people] were included. The research instrument was the Dennis and Vanderwall Cognitive Flexibility Questionnaire [2010]. Acceptance and commitment therapy packages were administered in 8 sessions of 90-minute and existential therapy in 10 sessions of 90-minute for intervention groups. Data using descriptive statistics [mean and standard deviation] and inferential statistics [analysis of covariance And follow-up test] were analyzed. Data analysis was performed using SPSS statistical analysis software version 22.
Results: Acceptance and commitment-based and existential therapeutic package were effective in increasing participants' cognitive flexibility. Also, in terms of comparison between the two treatments, there was a slight difference in the cognitive flexibility variable, but this amount of difference between the two treatment approaches was not statistically significant.
Conclusions: Acceptance and commitment-based therapy package and existential therapy in 8 and 10 sessions of 90 minutes, respectively, were able to increase cognitive flexibility in the elderly. Therefore, it seems that performing such interventions in turn can provide the basis for improving performance in the elderly in most issues and areas of social and psychological life.
Iraj Biglary, Hasan Fahim Devin, Mohammad Reza Esmaeilzadeh Ghandehari, Hossein Peymanizad,
Volume 13, Issue 2 (9-2021)
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Introduction: The aim of this study was to identify the precursors, strategies and consequences of a healthy lifestyle with emphasis on sports activity of the elderly based on data theory.
Methods: The present study is applied research in terms of purpose and qualitative in terms of data search and based on data theory and in terms of data analysis method is exploratory in which data collection is field Done. The statistical population of the study included all scientific and experimental experts with research and work experience in the field of the elderly. The statistical sample was selected as a snowball, which ultimately led to the theoretical saturation of the data with 15 interviews, which was considered as the final sample. Data collection was done through semi-structured and exploratory interviews with experts. Foundation data analysis method (Strauss and Corbin) was used for data analysis.
Results: The findings showed that the concepts obtained from coding signs in the category of predecessors include 14 items in three categories of concepts of personal, organizational and socio-cultural factors, in the category of strategies including 14 items in two categories of hardware and software strategies. Concepts about future consequences including 18 cases were divided into three categories of individual, social and organizational consequences.
Conclusions: The country’s sports managers can use the obtained model to institutionalize a healthy lifestyle with emphasis on sports activities for the elderly
Ali Ramezankhani, Maryam Maryam Mohammadi, Hamid Soori, Tahereh Jamali,
Volume 13, Issue 2 (9-2021)
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Introduction: As the elderly population grows, so does the prevalence of fall. Designing self-care programs against falls is possible with the right information from the target group. The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge, attitude and behavior of fall prevention in the elderly in day care centers.
Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on all elderly men and women aged 60 years and over in the adult day care centers of Gilan Province in 2019. The samples were randomly divided into 2 groups control ( n=44) and intervention( n=37). The intervention group were given education on fall and methods of preventing it. Data were collected using the tool was a researcher-made questionnaire that after validity and reliability was completed in three stages, before, Immediately and 5 months after the intervention. Data was analyzed using SPSS 16 software and statistical tests of mean and standard deviation, chi-square, independent and paired t-test and repeated measures analysis of variance All stages of the present study were performed according to ethical standards.
Results: There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups of intervention and control in terms of demographic variables and mean scores of knowledge, attitude and behavior before the intervention. In the intervention group, comparing the mean scores of knowledge in the three stages showed a significant difference, the mean score of attitude 5 months after the intervention increased significantly and mean scores of behavior 5 months after the intervention showed a significant decrease. The significant level was considered at less than 0.05.
Conclusions: Educational intervention is effective in increasing the knowledge and attitude of the elderly about fall and its prevention. It is suggested that other interventions be used in addition to education to improve fall prevention behaviors
Iraj Biglary, Hasan Fahim Devin, Mohammad Reza Esmaeilzadeh Ghandehari, Hossein Peymanizad,
Volume 14, Issue 2 (9-2022)
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Introduction: The purpose of the current research was to explain the healthy lifestyle with an emphasis on the sports activities of the elderly in the country based on the data theory of the foundation.
Method: The current study is a prospective qualitative applied study based on the foundational data theory, and in terms of data analysis method of analytical-exploratory type and data collection was done in the field. The statistical population of the research included all scientific and experimental experts with a history of research and work in the field of the elderly. The statistical sample was selected as a snowball in 2019, which finally led to the theoretical saturation of the data by interviewing 15 people, which was the final sample considered. Data collection was done through semi-structured and exploratory interviews with experts. To analyze the data, the foundational data theory analysis method (Strauss and Corbin) was used.
Results: The findings showed that the concepts obtained from the coding of symptoms were divided into the main categories, causal conditions, background conditions, intervening conditions, strategies, and consequences of a healthy lifestyle with an emphasis on sports activities of the elderly in the country.
Conclusion: Sports managers of the country can use the obtained model to institutionalize a healthy lifestyle by emphasizing the sports activities of the elderly.
Seyed Hamid Nabavi, Mohsen Lari-Asadi, Mir-Taher Mousavi, Vahid Rashedi, Reza Fadayevatan,
Volume 14, Issue 3 (11-2022)
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Introduction: Trust is among the social determinants of health in the elderly. Considering the importance of trust, this study was conducted to investigate demographic, economic, social, and health factors affecting trust in the elderly over 60 years old.
Method: This cross-sectional study was based on the data of the second phase of the Urban Health Equity and Response Tool (Urban HERAT-2) on 5,760 elderly people. The economic status of the household was measured by principal component analysis and based on the variables of living supplies and facilities. Then, demographic and socio-economic variables such as the economic score of the household, ethnicity, occupation, education, and self-reported physical and mental health were presented in the linear regression of the explanatory model of trust using STATA software.
Results: Based on the findings of this study, The living supplies and facilities explained 0.58 of the variances of the economic score of the household. Furthermore, it was observed that being married, having seasonal and permanent labor jobs, and being relatively poor was associated with a decrease in trust in the elderly and the ability to read and write, good self-reported physical health, and unchanged with an increase in trust in the elderly. The variables of age, gender, retirement, ethnicity, and mental health were not related to trust in the elderly.
Conclusion: The variables such as labor jobs, low education, and poor economic status affected trust in the elderly. The findings of this study showed the lack of institutional and intergroup trust in the elderly, and it requires the attention of policymakers
Fateme Khorashadizade, Elham Sharifian, Hamid Nabavi, Tayebe Gerivani,
Volume 15, Issue 1 (5-2023)
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Introduction: Social isolation is a multifactorial problem that leads to destructive consequences due to having unique risks for the physical, mental, and social health of the elderly. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine social isolation and its related factors in the elderly under the coverage of health centers in Bojnord, Iran.
Method: In this cross-sectional, descriptive-analytical study, 605 elderly aged 60 years and above were selected among those under the coverage of health centers in Bojnourd, Iran, using a one-stage cluster sampling method. In order to collect data, valid and reliable questionnaires of demographic characteristics and the Lubben social network scale were completed through an interview with the elderly. Ethical considerations were observed. The data were analyzed using SPSS software (version 24) and statistical tests.
Results: The mean age of the elderly was 69.35±7.22 years of whom 52.6% were male. In total, 47.2% of the cases had social isolation. Social isolation showed a statistically significant decrease concerning variables, such as male gender, more children, higher education level, unemployment and retirement, as well as having a house (P<0.05). However, it did not show a statistically significant relationship with age and marital status (married).
Conclusion: Healthcare systems should pay more attention to the elderly, especially women with few children, housewives, illiterate and poorly educated, and renters
