Effect of Self-Care Training Program on Quality of Life of Elders

Background & Aims: Nowadays the elderly population is growing all over the world. Diseases and conditions resulting from this evolutionary process can be costly to governments and cause many disabilities which severly affect the erderly’s quality of life. This study aims to determine the effect...

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Main Authors: Heidari M, Shahbazi S
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2012-04-01
Series:نشریه پرستاری ایران
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Online Access:http://ijn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1229-en.html
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description Background & Aims: Nowadays the elderly population is growing all over the world. Diseases and conditions resulting from this evolutionary process can be costly to governments and cause many disabilities which severly affect the erderly’s quality of life. This study aims to determine the effect of self-care training program on quality of life of elderly.   Material & Methods: It is a controlled randomized trial which was carried out on 60 elderly referred to Omid’s elderly care center in Borougen city. After convenience sampling, the elderly were randomly assigned to two groups of experimental (n=30) and control (n= 30) groups. The experimental group participated in a three months self- care training program. Data was collected by the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) and analyzed using SPSS-PC (v.11).   Results: The findings showed a significant difference in the mean scores of quality of life between the experimental and control groups (P<0.05) after intervention. Conclusion : Self- care education to elderly about the practices of proper nutrition, exercise, rest and medication can prevent a lot of problems and help them to improve their quality of life.
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spelling doaj.art-bbef56ed631f49c5b6ede610db4196f02022-12-21T23:09:05ZfasIran University of Medical Sciencesنشریه پرستاری ایران2008-59312012-04-01257518Effect of Self-Care Training Program on Quality of Life of EldersHeidari M0Shahbazi S1 Background & Aims: Nowadays the elderly population is growing all over the world. Diseases and conditions resulting from this evolutionary process can be costly to governments and cause many disabilities which severly affect the erderly’s quality of life. This study aims to determine the effect of self-care training program on quality of life of elderly.   Material & Methods: It is a controlled randomized trial which was carried out on 60 elderly referred to Omid’s elderly care center in Borougen city. After convenience sampling, the elderly were randomly assigned to two groups of experimental (n=30) and control (n= 30) groups. The experimental group participated in a three months self- care training program. Data was collected by the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) and analyzed using SPSS-PC (v.11).   Results: The findings showed a significant difference in the mean scores of quality of life between the experimental and control groups (P<0.05) after intervention. Conclusion : Self- care education to elderly about the practices of proper nutrition, exercise, rest and medication can prevent a lot of problems and help them to improve their quality of life.http://ijn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1229-en.htmlquality of lifeself- careagingelderlytraining
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Effect of Self-Care Training Program on Quality of Life of Elders
نشریه پرستاری ایران
quality of life
self- care
aging
elderly
training
title Effect of Self-Care Training Program on Quality of Life of Elders
title_full Effect of Self-Care Training Program on Quality of Life of Elders
title_fullStr Effect of Self-Care Training Program on Quality of Life of Elders
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Self-Care Training Program on Quality of Life of Elders
title_short Effect of Self-Care Training Program on Quality of Life of Elders
title_sort effect of self care training program on quality of life of elders
topic quality of life
self- care
aging
elderly
training
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