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Mohammad Hossein Hajiebrahimi, Atieh Qanehari, Abdurrahman Charkazi, Zahra Hajiebrahimi,
Volume 16, Issue 4 (9-2017)
Abstract
Background: Increasing number of elder people accompanied with an increasing number of subjects with chronic diseases among them. The aim of this study was to compare the results of physical condition of elder people in Grogan city, Golestan, Iran, in 2009 with the results in 2004.
Methods: Through a cross-sectional study using a standard questionnaire data on 884 elder people who were resident in 4th and 5th health station covered by Gorgan health center at 2009 were collected by trained persons as self-report. Participants entered in the study through a census method are asked about their physical condition. Using Qui-Square method, collected data has been analyzed. The results were compared with the outcomes of pervious study (unpublished) at 2004 which has been carried out among 315 elder people in the same study area. SAS 9.2 software has been used for data analyzing.
Results: Mean age of elders at 2009 was 67.20±6.67 years and at 2004 was 67.59±6.72 years. Frequency of Hypertension, hyperlipidemia, asthma, diabetes showed a statistically significant (p<0.05) increase in 2009 compared with 2004. On the other hand, the frequency of epilepsy, losing of teeth, inguinal hernia and heart burn decreased during these years, statistically significant again (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The results of the current study indicated that cardiovascular disease significantly increased in second phase of the study rather than first one. It is necessity to interventions to the control of these problems.
Sakineh Gerayllo , Mohammad Ali Morovati Sharif Abad, Abdorahman Charkazi, Zohreh Karimian Kakolaki, Ensieh Sharifi,
Volume 16, Issue 5 (10-2017)
Abstract
Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disorder and the most prevalent cause of joint pain across the spectrum of middle age to elderly. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of subjective norms and perceived behavioral control on self-care among elderly patients with osteoarthritis who are suffering from OA in Yazd city, Iran.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted and 87 elderly who attained to health centers subjects through simple sampling methods. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire designed for the study which the first includes demographic variables, of subjective norms and perceived behavioral control Part II, and self-care behaviors categories of items Part III. The questionnaires completed by interview and data were analyzed by SPSS18 software using T-Test, ANOVA, correlation coefficient tests.
Results: The mean score of the subjective norms, perceived behavioral control and self-care were 81.85±11.40 (The top 110 scores), 90.19±6.19 (The top 120 scores) and 44.93±5.84 (The top 60 scores), respectively. The results showed that between subjective norms and perceived behavioral control and self-care with demographic variables except education and perceived behavioral control (P =0.001), the history of disease of self-care (P =0.001) and perceived behavioral control and economic status (P =0.002) were not a significant relationship, Also The results Pearson’s correlation test revealed that there was a significant correlation between self-care behaviors and perceived behavioral control (P =0.008, r=0.297).
Conclusion: As for strong association between behavioral control and self-care that we found in our study and high influence and extension of mass media, it recommends to emphasis on using these methods as educational assistance devices in interventional programs in these medias.
