Relationship Between Individual Factors of Empowerment and General Health in Older Adults Attending Neighborhood Houses in Tehran, Iran
Objectives By the rapid growth of the elderly population, the need to pay attention to this group becomes more obvious. General self-efficacy, self-control and self-esteem are the effective individual factors for the empowerment of the elderly. This study aims to examine the relationship between the...
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| author | Mahnaz Solhi Jamileh Abolghasemi Fatemeh Gholami |
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| description | Objectives By the rapid growth of the elderly population, the need to pay attention to this group becomes more obvious. General self-efficacy, self-control and self-esteem are the effective individual factors for the empowerment of the elderly. This study aims to examine the relationship between these individual aspects of empowerment and general health in older adults attending neighborhood houses in Tehran, Iran.
Methods & Materials In this descriptive-analytical study with cross-sectional study design, 320 older men and women over 60 years of age participated who were selected by a cluster sampling method. Data were collected using a demographic form, the 28-item general health questionaire, 10-item general self-efficacy scale, Rosenberg self-esteem scale, and Tangney’s brief self-control scale. Data was described using mean and standard deviation, and analyzed using chi-square test, Spearman correlation test, one-way-ANOVA, and linear regression in SPSS sofwtare, version 22.
Results The mean age of the elderly was 68.42±8.3 years. Their mean score of general health was 21.95±13.4. A significant negative correlation was found between general health, general self-efficacy, self-esteem and self-control (P<0.001). Their general health had a significant relationship with their educational level (P<0.001), years of employment (P=0.002) and housing status (P<0.001). The multivariate regression results showed that housing status (P=0.156), self-esteem (P<0.001), self-control (P<0.001), and general self-efficacy (P<0.001) were the significant predictors of general health in the elderly.
Conclusion There is a relationship between general health, general self-efficacy, self-esteem, and self-control of the elderly in Tehran. Their general health is related to their educational level, years of employment, and housing status. Housing status, self-esteem, self-control and general self-efficacy are predictors of their general health. Attention should be paid to these factors in developing health promotion programs for the elderly. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-94042467ceea4be7aba5baad7a1c2df02023-09-03T08:04:06ZfasUniversity of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation SciencesSālmand1735-806X2022-10-01173352365Relationship Between Individual Factors of Empowerment and General Health in Older Adults Attending Neighborhood Houses in Tehran, IranMahnaz Solhi0Jamileh Abolghasemi1Fatemeh Gholami2 Department of Health Promotion and Education, School of Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Health Promotion and Education, School of Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Objectives By the rapid growth of the elderly population, the need to pay attention to this group becomes more obvious. General self-efficacy, self-control and self-esteem are the effective individual factors for the empowerment of the elderly. This study aims to examine the relationship between these individual aspects of empowerment and general health in older adults attending neighborhood houses in Tehran, Iran. Methods & Materials In this descriptive-analytical study with cross-sectional study design, 320 older men and women over 60 years of age participated who were selected by a cluster sampling method. Data were collected using a demographic form, the 28-item general health questionaire, 10-item general self-efficacy scale, Rosenberg self-esteem scale, and Tangney’s brief self-control scale. Data was described using mean and standard deviation, and analyzed using chi-square test, Spearman correlation test, one-way-ANOVA, and linear regression in SPSS sofwtare, version 22. Results The mean age of the elderly was 68.42±8.3 years. Their mean score of general health was 21.95±13.4. A significant negative correlation was found between general health, general self-efficacy, self-esteem and self-control (P<0.001). Their general health had a significant relationship with their educational level (P<0.001), years of employment (P=0.002) and housing status (P<0.001). The multivariate regression results showed that housing status (P=0.156), self-esteem (P<0.001), self-control (P<0.001), and general self-efficacy (P<0.001) were the significant predictors of general health in the elderly. Conclusion There is a relationship between general health, general self-efficacy, self-esteem, and self-control of the elderly in Tehran. Their general health is related to their educational level, years of employment, and housing status. Housing status, self-esteem, self-control and general self-efficacy are predictors of their general health. Attention should be paid to these factors in developing health promotion programs for the elderly.http://salmandj.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-2236-en.htmlelderlygeneral healthempowermentself-efficacyself-controlself-esteem |
| spellingShingle | Mahnaz Solhi Jamileh Abolghasemi Fatemeh Gholami Relationship Between Individual Factors of Empowerment and General Health in Older Adults Attending Neighborhood Houses in Tehran, Iran Sālmand elderly general health empowerment self-efficacy self-control self-esteem |
| title | Relationship Between Individual Factors of Empowerment and General Health in Older Adults Attending Neighborhood Houses in Tehran, Iran |
| title_full | Relationship Between Individual Factors of Empowerment and General Health in Older Adults Attending Neighborhood Houses in Tehran, Iran |
| title_fullStr | Relationship Between Individual Factors of Empowerment and General Health in Older Adults Attending Neighborhood Houses in Tehran, Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relationship Between Individual Factors of Empowerment and General Health in Older Adults Attending Neighborhood Houses in Tehran, Iran |
| title_short | Relationship Between Individual Factors of Empowerment and General Health in Older Adults Attending Neighborhood Houses in Tehran, Iran |
| title_sort | relationship between individual factors of empowerment and general health in older adults attending neighborhood houses in tehran iran |
| topic | elderly general health empowerment self-efficacy self-control self-esteem |
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