Disability and Self-Care among Elders in Yazd
Introduction: Geriatric syndromes lead to a number of disabilities which dramatically affect the quality of life in ageing. Facilitating the process of self-care can improve the elder's health to a great extent which has received less attention in previous studies. This study aimed at investiga...
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| author | Batool Ghaneh Seyed Houssein Saeed- Banadaky Zohreh Rahaei Hassan Rezaeipandari Ehsan Mohiti Ardakani |
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| description | Introduction: Geriatric syndromes lead to a number of disabilities which dramatically affect the quality of life in ageing. Facilitating the process of self-care can improve the elder's health to a great extent which has received less attention in previous studies. This study aimed at investigating the relationship between the disability and self-care in the elderly of Yazd.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Yazd; 234 elderly participants were selected through cluster random sampling. WHODAS-II questionnaire and a researcher-designed self-care questionnaire were utilized and collected data analyzed using Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis H, chi-square and Spearman correlation coefficient tests.
Results: The mean score of disability was 38.55 ±13.71 (ranging from 0 to 92) and the mean score of self-care was 61.57± 15.94 (ranging from 0 to 118). There was no statistically significant correlation between total score of disability and self-care, however, correlation was detected between the subscales.
Conclusion: Given the high level of disability in a majority of elders and low level of their self-care, self-care promotion programs and prevention of disabilities in collaboration with their families and health centers are recommended. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f66beff1e04846b8aacdea812e9b01862022-12-22T01:59:23ZengShahid Sadoughi University of Medical SciencesElderly Health Journal2423-61792423-61792016-06-01213944Disability and Self-Care among Elders in YazdBatool Ghaneh0Seyed Houssein Saeed- Banadaky1Zohreh Rahaei2Hassan Rezaeipandari3Ehsan Mohiti Ardakani4 Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, International Campus, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Department of Orthopedics, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Elderly Health Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Department of Genetics, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran Introduction: Geriatric syndromes lead to a number of disabilities which dramatically affect the quality of life in ageing. Facilitating the process of self-care can improve the elder's health to a great extent which has received less attention in previous studies. This study aimed at investigating the relationship between the disability and self-care in the elderly of Yazd. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Yazd; 234 elderly participants were selected through cluster random sampling. WHODAS-II questionnaire and a researcher-designed self-care questionnaire were utilized and collected data analyzed using Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis H, chi-square and Spearman correlation coefficient tests. Results: The mean score of disability was 38.55 ±13.71 (ranging from 0 to 92) and the mean score of self-care was 61.57± 15.94 (ranging from 0 to 118). There was no statistically significant correlation between total score of disability and self-care, however, correlation was detected between the subscales. Conclusion: Given the high level of disability in a majority of elders and low level of their self-care, self-care promotion programs and prevention of disabilities in collaboration with their families and health centers are recommended.http://ehj.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-16&slc_lang=en&sid=1Disability Self-care Elders |
| spellingShingle | Batool Ghaneh Seyed Houssein Saeed- Banadaky Zohreh Rahaei Hassan Rezaeipandari Ehsan Mohiti Ardakani Disability and Self-Care among Elders in Yazd Elderly Health Journal Disability Self-care Elders |
| title | Disability and Self-Care among Elders in Yazd |
| title_full | Disability and Self-Care among Elders in Yazd |
| title_fullStr | Disability and Self-Care among Elders in Yazd |
| title_full_unstemmed | Disability and Self-Care among Elders in Yazd |
| title_short | Disability and Self-Care among Elders in Yazd |
| title_sort | disability and self care among elders in yazd |
| topic | Disability Self-care Elders |
| url | http://ehj.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-16&slc_lang=en&sid=1 |
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