Status of Daily Living Activities among Older People in Maku
محل انتشار: مجله سلامت سالمندان، دوره: 2، شماره: 2
سال انتشار: 1395
نوع سند: مقاله ژورنالی
زبان: انگلیسی
مشاهده: 225
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JR_EHJ-2-2_005
تاریخ نمایه سازی: 20 دی 1399
چکیده مقاله:
Introduction: One of the most popular methods for evaluating old people’s health condition is to assess their functional practice. The aim of this study was to assess the status of daily living activities among the older people of Maku, Iran.
Methods: The present cross-sectional study was accomplished among 216 older people in Maku via simple random sampling. Participant’s subjective and demographic information were gathered and their daily living activities status was measured by the Katz index.
Results: The participantschr('39') mean age was 70.09 ± 7.98. Most of the elderlies were men (59.3%) and illiterate (38.4%). Of them, 10.6% were dependent, 6% needed help or were partially dependent, and 82.9% were independent in their daily living activities. Significant associations were observed between daily living activities and age, education level, marital status and living condition (p < 0.001). Married old adults were more dependent than other ones living alone (p < 0.001).
Conclusion: Although most of the participants were independent, they needed assistance for few of their daily living activities. Also, since age was significantly correlated with daily living activities, it is necessary to implement educational health living programsfor older people suffering from functional restrictions. Also, providing suitable facilities, convenience and human resources should be taken into consideration.
نویسندگان
Mehdi Abbasian
Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Faezeh Ghalichi
Master of Nutrition Sciences, Dietitian, Artesh St, Qhaem building, Tabriz, Iran
Batol Ahmadi
Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Paria Ghasemzadeh
Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Ebrahim Esmaeilpour
Maku Health Centre, Maku, Iran
Hossein Matlabi
Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran