A STUDY ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ELDERLY SHAHINSHAHR AREA OF ISFAHAN PROVINCE IN YEAR 2004

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ALBOU KORDI M.; RAMEZANI M.A.; ARIZI F.

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Journal: Jundishapur Scientific Medical Journal Year:2007 | Volume:5 | Issue:4 (51) Page(s): 701-707

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A STUDY ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ELDERLY SHAHINSHAHR AREA OF ISFAHAN PROVINCE IN YEAR 2004

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ALBOU KORDI M. | RAMEZANI M.A. | ARIZI F. | Issue Writer Certificate

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QUALITY OF LIFEQ2

ELDERLYQ2

SF-36Q3

ISFAHANQ2

IRANQ2

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the QUALITY OF LIFE (QoL) among ELDERLY persons aged above 60 years living in Shahinshahr of ISFAHAN province in the year 2004.Subjects and Methods: One hundred ELDERLY persons aged over 60 years old were included with multistage random sampling and short 36-item questionnaire was used as the tool for evaluation of QoL status. The results were analyzed using descriptive statistics.Results: The results showed 58 % of cases had good QoL. Seven percent of subjects had inappropriately low QoL status. The average of social functioning subscale score was 78.2±25 and somatic pain was 77.6±25.25. However, the health change and vitality were 37.5±19.6 and 42.7±21. The mean score of SF-36 subscales in men were significantly higher than in women. There was significant negative correlation between QoL scales and ages with an increasing in age there was a decrease in QoL scores.Conclusion: Our finding revealed that the QoL in ELDERLY living in Shahinshar had a moderate status. Social and somatic pain had the highest score, while the health change and vitality lowest scores in the SF-36 subscales. The most frequent issues in geriatrics QoL are low mental health level and lack of vitality. It should be considerable that mental health is an important part of QoL in ELDERLY but it not notified in IRAN especially among the in the old people.

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ALBOU KORDI, M., RAMEZANI, M.A., & ARIZI, F.. (2007). A STUDY ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ELDERLY SHAHINSHAHR AREA OF ISFAHAN PROVINCE IN YEAR 2004. JUNDISHAPUR SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL JOURNAL, 5(4 (51)), 701-707. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/12566/en

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ALBOU KORDI M., RAMEZANI M.A., ARIZI F.. A STUDY ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ELDERLY SHAHINSHAHR AREA OF ISFAHAN PROVINCE IN YEAR 2004. JUNDISHAPUR SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL JOURNAL[Internet]. 2007;5(4 (51)):701-707. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/12566/en

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M. ALBOU KORDI, M.A. RAMEZANI, and F. ARIZI, “A STUDY ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ELDERLY SHAHINSHAHR AREA OF ISFAHAN PROVINCE IN YEAR 2004,” JUNDISHAPUR SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol. 5, no. 4 (51), pp. 701–707, 2007, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/12566/en

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