Can healthy life style predict successful aging among Iranian older adults?
Background: Successful aging is a prominent and worldwide theme in gerontology. However, until recently, only few studies were conducted about successful aging in Iran. This study examined whether a healthy lifestyle could predict successful aging among older Iranians. Methods: This cross sectional...
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2020
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| author | Shafiee, Mohsen Hazrati, Maryam Motalebi, Seyedeh Ameneh Gholamzadeh, Sakineh Ghaem, Haleh Ashari, Asmidawati |
| author_facet | Shafiee, Mohsen Hazrati, Maryam Motalebi, Seyedeh Ameneh Gholamzadeh, Sakineh Ghaem, Haleh Ashari, Asmidawati |
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| description | Background: Successful aging is a prominent and worldwide theme in gerontology. However, until recently, only few studies were conducted about successful aging in Iran. This study examined whether a healthy lifestyle could predict successful aging among older Iranians. Methods: This cross sectional and descriptive study included 975 older Iranians who were selected through a multistage cluster-quota method from the health centers of Shiraz, Iran. A 5-part questionnaire, including demographic characteristics, the Seniors' Healthy Lifestyle, Barthel Index, the Diner Life Satisfaction and Quality of Life, was used to collect the data. A logistic regression analysis was used in data analysis; data were analyzed using SPSS 21; and significance level was set at α = 0.05. Results: The prevalence of successful aging among older Iranians was calculated at 24.0%. Results of multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that age (95% CI = 1.129- 1.702 and OR = 1.352), gender (95% CI = 0.412-0.764 and OR = 0.687), education level (95% CI = 1.443 - 1.699 and OR = 1.454), job (95% CI = 1.063-1.413 and OR = 1.185), monthly income (95% CI = 1.355-4.055 and OR = 2.272), insurance (95% CI = 0.344-0.842 and OR = 0.540), source of income (95% CI = 1.014-1.298 and OR = 1.145), and healthy lifestyle (95% CI = 0.772 - 0.858 and OR = 0.814) were predictors for successful aging. Conclusion: Findings indicated that successful agers were mostly younger men, with higher education level and monthly income, who had insurance and a job and a healthy lifestyle. Thus, to age successfully, one must maintain and improve healthy lifestyle to prolong one's health. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-880762022-05-18T04:03:45Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88076/ Can healthy life style predict successful aging among Iranian older adults? Shafiee, Mohsen Hazrati, Maryam Motalebi, Seyedeh Ameneh Gholamzadeh, Sakineh Ghaem, Haleh Ashari, Asmidawati Background: Successful aging is a prominent and worldwide theme in gerontology. However, until recently, only few studies were conducted about successful aging in Iran. This study examined whether a healthy lifestyle could predict successful aging among older Iranians. Methods: This cross sectional and descriptive study included 975 older Iranians who were selected through a multistage cluster-quota method from the health centers of Shiraz, Iran. A 5-part questionnaire, including demographic characteristics, the Seniors' Healthy Lifestyle, Barthel Index, the Diner Life Satisfaction and Quality of Life, was used to collect the data. A logistic regression analysis was used in data analysis; data were analyzed using SPSS 21; and significance level was set at α = 0.05. Results: The prevalence of successful aging among older Iranians was calculated at 24.0%. Results of multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that age (95% CI = 1.129- 1.702 and OR = 1.352), gender (95% CI = 0.412-0.764 and OR = 0.687), education level (95% CI = 1.443 - 1.699 and OR = 1.454), job (95% CI = 1.063-1.413 and OR = 1.185), monthly income (95% CI = 1.355-4.055 and OR = 2.272), insurance (95% CI = 0.344-0.842 and OR = 0.540), source of income (95% CI = 1.014-1.298 and OR = 1.145), and healthy lifestyle (95% CI = 0.772 - 0.858 and OR = 0.814) were predictors for successful aging. Conclusion: Findings indicated that successful agers were mostly younger men, with higher education level and monthly income, who had insurance and a job and a healthy lifestyle. Thus, to age successfully, one must maintain and improve healthy lifestyle to prolong one's health. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88076/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Shafiee, Mohsen and Hazrati, Maryam and Motalebi, Seyedeh Ameneh and Gholamzadeh, Sakineh and Ghaem, Haleh and Ashari, Asmidawati (2020) Can healthy life style predict successful aging among Iranian older adults? Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 34. art. no. 139. pp. 1-7. ISSN 2251-6840; ESSN: 1016-1430 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7787035/ 10.34171/mjiri.34.139 |
| spellingShingle | Shafiee, Mohsen Hazrati, Maryam Motalebi, Seyedeh Ameneh Gholamzadeh, Sakineh Ghaem, Haleh Ashari, Asmidawati Can healthy life style predict successful aging among Iranian older adults? |
| title | Can healthy life style predict successful aging among Iranian older adults? |
| title_full | Can healthy life style predict successful aging among Iranian older adults? |
| title_fullStr | Can healthy life style predict successful aging among Iranian older adults? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can healthy life style predict successful aging among Iranian older adults? |
| title_short | Can healthy life style predict successful aging among Iranian older adults? |
| title_sort | can healthy life style predict successful aging among iranian older adults |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88076/1/ABSTRACT.pdf |
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