ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING AND PREVALENCE OF CHRONIC DISEASES AMONG ELDERLY PEOPLE IN YAZD

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MAZLOOMY MAHMOUDABAD S.S.; SOLTANI T.; MOROWATISHARIFABAD M.A.; FALLAHZADEH H.

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Journal: Toloo-e-Behdasht Year:2014 | Volume:13 | Issue:3 (45) Page(s): 42-53

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ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING AND PREVALENCE OF CHRONIC DISEASES AMONG ELDERLY PEOPLE IN YAZD

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MAZLOOMY MAHMOUDABAD S.S. | SOLTANI T. | MOROWATISHARIFABAD M.A. | FALLAHZADEH H. | Issue Writer Certificate

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ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVINGQ2

CHRONIC DISEASESQ2

ELDERLYQ2

YAZDQ2

Abstract

Introduction: Aging is a period in lifespan experiences whereby people are threatened by the potentials such as increase in CHRONIC DISEASES, loneliness and isolation, as well as lack of social support. Their individual autonomy is threatened in cases of mental and physical disabilities. Survey of problems of the ELDERLY people is one of the health care priorities in Iran so as to manage and develop a care plan for this population. The aim of this study was to determine the ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING and prevalence of CHRONIC DISEASES of the ELDERLY people in YAZD.Methods: This is across-sectional study conductedon265elderly people over 60 years in YAZD in 2012. A cluster sampling method was applied. The data were gathered by 2 questionnaires including questions on demographic characteristics and independent instrument of Daily Activities Living (made by Yagma'ee with 20 questions). Then statistical tests such as Kruskal-Wallis, and Mann-Whitney were used to analyze the data.Results: The mean grade scores of ADL and IADL were 36.03±5.99 and 24.25±8.22 diseases (r=-0.332, p=0.001). The most prevalent diseases of the participants were arthralgia (74.8%), osteoporosis (53.8%), hypertension (49.4%), sleep problems (39.2%) and cardiovascular diseases (38.5%) respectively.Conclusions: A significant proportion of the ELDERLY in our population were relatively dependent in terms of their ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING. Bathing in this context is one of the most important dependencies. In addition, high prevalence of CHRONIC DISEASES was arthritis and osteoporosis among others. They needed to be taken care of more and it seems that thee ducationalintervention programs for he ELDERLY and their families seems to be very useful.

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Development and Validation of Ergonomics Elderly House Risk Factors Checklist and Assessment Elderly Functional Ability Checklist

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MAZLOOMY MAHMOUDABAD, S.S., SOLTANI, T., MOROWATISHARIFABAD, M.A., & FALLAHZADEH, H.. (2014). ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING AND PREVALENCE OF CHRONIC DISEASES AMONG ELDERLY PEOPLE IN YAZD. TOLOO-E-BEHDASHT, 13(3 (45)), 42-53. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/103155/en

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MAZLOOMY MAHMOUDABAD S.S., SOLTANI T., MOROWATISHARIFABAD M.A., FALLAHZADEH H.. ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING AND PREVALENCE OF CHRONIC DISEASES AMONG ELDERLY PEOPLE IN YAZD. TOLOO-E-BEHDASHT[Internet]. 2014;13(3 (45)):42-53. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/103155/en

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S.S. MAZLOOMY MAHMOUDABAD, T. SOLTANI, M.A. MOROWATISHARIFABAD, and H. FALLAHZADEH, “ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING AND PREVALENCE OF CHRONIC DISEASES AMONG ELDERLY PEOPLE IN YAZD,” TOLOO-E-BEHDASHT, vol. 13, no. 3 (45), pp. 42–53, 2014, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/103155/en

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