GERIATIC DISABILITY RELATED FACTORS

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ADIB HAJBAGHERI M.

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Journal: Salmand: Iranian Journal of Ageing Year:2008 | Volume:3 | Issue:8 Page(s): 547-555

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GERIATIC DISABILITY RELATED FACTORS

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ADIB HAJBAGHERI M. | Issue Writer Certificate

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DISABILITYQ2

GERIATRICQ2

KASHANQ2

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Objective Reports are indicating of increasing trend of aging and DISABILITY in the developing countries while such disabilities are decreasing within the developed countries. This study designed to evaluate the DISABILITY and some of its related factors among the elderly population(65 and older) in KASHAN, Iran. Materials and methods A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted on a multi-stage random sample of 350 elderly people(65 year and older) in KASHAN . The WHO-DAS-II was used as the generic DISABILITY measure. The questionnair had 48 questions. The range of score could be between 0-144. Chi-square, t-test analysis and ANOVA were utilized to check significant differences between subgroups. Results Of the total sample, 61% were men and 12% were living lonely. One fourth had some type of addiction, the majority were ilitrate and two thired had not regular phisycal activity.Twenty percent of the old people had a modereate DISABILITY and 4.3% were extremely disabled. A significant relationship was found between the DISABILITY and variables such as sex, age, living style, needing help, marriage status, living location, addiction, job, level of physical activity, education, and having multiple diseases. Conclusions In conclusion, GERIATRIC population in Iran, has a lower levels of DISABILITY in compare to those of other developed countries. Need of GERIATRIC cares must be be increasing ,since the populationpattern of elderly people is increasing in Iran. Female and ilitrate elders were sufering of more DISABILITY. These findings indicated the nessesity to more attention to these voulnarable subgroups of population.

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ADIB HAJBAGHERI, M.. (2008). GERIATIC DISABILITY RELATED FACTORS. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF AGEING, 3(8), 547-555. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/391498/en

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ADIB HAJBAGHERI M.. GERIATIC DISABILITY RELATED FACTORS. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF AGEING[Internet]. 2008;3(8):547-555. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/391498/en

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M. ADIB HAJBAGHERI, “GERIATIC DISABILITY RELATED FACTORS,” IRANIAN JOURNAL OF AGEING, vol. 3, no. 8, pp. 547–555, 2008, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/391498/en

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