PHYSICAL HEALTH STATUS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ON ELDERLY IN TEHRAN METROPOLITAN AREA

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RAHIMI AZAM; ALIZADEH KHOEI MAHTAB; ARSHINJI MASOME; SHARIFI FARSHAD

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Journal: Iranian Journal of Diabetes and Metabolism Year:2013 | Volume:13 | Issue:1 Page(s): 29-37

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PHYSICAL HEALTH STATUS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ON ELDERLY IN TEHRAN METROPOLITAN AREA

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ELDERLYQ2

SOCIO-ECONOMIC COMPONENTSQ2

ADLQ2

QUALITY OF LIFEQ2

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Objective: The present study describes assessing physical health status of old people in different age groups in Tehran metropolitan area. The outcomes of this study could help to health policy makers to develop of better health policy in gerontology field by determine of priorities of care in different age groups of old people and effect of SOCIO-ECONOMIC COMPONENTS on elder’s’ physical health.Method: This was a cross sectional study in 2010. The participants were (N=402) aged 60 years old and over which have underrepresented from Shahid Beheshti university. The survey methods were via face- to-face interviews, and just in a few cases as telephone interviews. The instrument to data collection included demographic questionnaire, SF-36 short form and ADL tools. Data analyzed by Stata and SPSS Ver.15 through t-test, one-way ANOVA. Regression models applied as well.Findings: Based on the results 45% of ELDERLY were in (60-69) years old, 36.5% were in (70-79) years old, and 18.5% were 80+years old. The median age was 71.5±8.9 years. Regarding ADL, 18.2% of ELDERLY were dependent; 22.3% were semi dependent, and 59.5% of participants were independent to do activity of daily living. Regarding physical functioning, 29.6% of ELDERLY had severe limitation; 32.6% had moderate limitation, and 37.8% had no limitation in their physical function. Components of age, sex, marital status, education, job, income, insurance, housing, and living with whom had significant association with physical health status in old people. Although based on regression model and considering in effect of conflict variables, age and sex had more effect to predict of activity of daily living in old people. Age, sex, to be alone, and financial problems were the most predictors on physical function in aged people.Conclusion: The important components that effect on physical health of ELDERLY related to fragile ELDERLY from aspect of socio economic factors. Based on the results of this study aged ELDERLY and old women were more disable to do Activity of Daily Living (ADL). Regarding physical function; age, sex, living with whom, and financial dependency were significant components in relation with physical function. In other words, older people, women, ELDERLY who did not live with their spouse, and ELDERLY who were dependent in financial aspect to others had more difficulty in physical function.

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RAHIMI, AZAM, ALIZADEH KHOEI, MAHTAB, ARSHINJI, MASOME, & SHARIFI, FARSHAD. (2013). PHYSICAL HEALTH STATUS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ON ELDERLY IN TEHRAN METROPOLITAN AREA. JOURNAL OF DIABETES AND METABOLIC DISORDERS, 13(1), 29-37. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/53849/en

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RAHIMI AZAM, ALIZADEH KHOEI MAHTAB, ARSHINJI MASOME, SHARIFI FARSHAD. PHYSICAL HEALTH STATUS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ON ELDERLY IN TEHRAN METROPOLITAN AREA. JOURNAL OF DIABETES AND METABOLIC DISORDERS[Internet]. 2013;13(1):29-37. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/53849/en

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AZAM RAHIMI, MAHTAB ALIZADEH KHOEI, MASOME ARSHINJI, and FARSHAD SHARIFI, “PHYSICAL HEALTH STATUS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ON ELDERLY IN TEHRAN METROPOLITAN AREA,” JOURNAL OF DIABETES AND METABOLIC DISORDERS, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 29–37, 2013, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/53849/en

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