A review on the Current Areas of Geriatric`s Research in Iran
Introduction: Population aging is becoming a global challenge for developing countries. The aim of the present paper is to review the current literature on geriatric health and to propose possible research areas. Methods: By reviewing scientific databases, all published papers in geriatric health wi...
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| author | Shahrzad Nematollahi Mohammad Ali Hosseini Ehsan Shojaeefar Fereshteh Aliakbari Parisa Taheri Tanjani |
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| description | Introduction: Population aging is becoming a global challenge for developing countries. The aim of the present paper is to review the current literature on geriatric health and to propose possible research areas. Methods: By reviewing scientific databases, all published papers in geriatric health within the last 5 years (until 31 December, 2019) were extracted. Inclusion criteria were being about elderly health conducted on Iranian elderly population and published no longer than 5 years ago. Unrelated, foreign studies and qualitative, trend analysis, and case series were excluded. The keywords were classified into 5 macro domain of General, Biological, psychological, Social and Spiritual domains. Results: Until 31 December, 2019, 713 related studies were finally retrieved. 56.8% of keywords belonged to the Biological macro domain. Among which, neurologic disorders had the highest proportion of studies (n=108, 15.1%). The most prevalent subdomain was the “Sociological” (P=15.4%) and the most prevalent keyword was “Quality of life”. The lowest proportion of studies was belonged to Hematology and Otolaryngology (0.4% each). Among the top institutions in terms of publication output are University of Social welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences (11%), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (9.7%), and Iran University of Medical Sciences (9%). Conclusion: Most of the literature concerning elderly`s health in Iran has focused on biologic aspect of health. There seems to be an urgent need to develop a research roadmap to cover all aspects of research among elderlies. Various prepositions to develop and promote context-based and innovative strategies are also provided. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3bc27b031c864070983eebe54142a4c52022-12-21T20:08:18ZengShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesMen's Health Journal2645-36142020-12-013110.22037/mhj.v3i1.3320433204A review on the Current Areas of Geriatric`s Research in IranShahrzad NematollahiMohammad Ali HosseiniEhsan ShojaeefarFereshteh AliakbariParisa Taheri TanjaniIntroduction: Population aging is becoming a global challenge for developing countries. The aim of the present paper is to review the current literature on geriatric health and to propose possible research areas. Methods: By reviewing scientific databases, all published papers in geriatric health within the last 5 years (until 31 December, 2019) were extracted. Inclusion criteria were being about elderly health conducted on Iranian elderly population and published no longer than 5 years ago. Unrelated, foreign studies and qualitative, trend analysis, and case series were excluded. The keywords were classified into 5 macro domain of General, Biological, psychological, Social and Spiritual domains. Results: Until 31 December, 2019, 713 related studies were finally retrieved. 56.8% of keywords belonged to the Biological macro domain. Among which, neurologic disorders had the highest proportion of studies (n=108, 15.1%). The most prevalent subdomain was the “Sociological” (P=15.4%) and the most prevalent keyword was “Quality of life”. The lowest proportion of studies was belonged to Hematology and Otolaryngology (0.4% each). Among the top institutions in terms of publication output are University of Social welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences (11%), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (9.7%), and Iran University of Medical Sciences (9%). Conclusion: Most of the literature concerning elderly`s health in Iran has focused on biologic aspect of health. There seems to be an urgent need to develop a research roadmap to cover all aspects of research among elderlies. Various prepositions to develop and promote context-based and innovative strategies are also provided.https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/index.php/mhj/article/view/33204 |
| spellingShingle | Shahrzad Nematollahi Mohammad Ali Hosseini Ehsan Shojaeefar Fereshteh Aliakbari Parisa Taheri Tanjani A review on the Current Areas of Geriatric`s Research in Iran Men's Health Journal |
| title | A review on the Current Areas of Geriatric`s Research in Iran |
| title_full | A review on the Current Areas of Geriatric`s Research in Iran |
| title_fullStr | A review on the Current Areas of Geriatric`s Research in Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | A review on the Current Areas of Geriatric`s Research in Iran |
| title_short | A review on the Current Areas of Geriatric`s Research in Iran |
| title_sort | review on the current areas of geriatric s research in iran |
| url | https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/index.php/mhj/article/view/33204 |
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