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Background : Raising number of elderly people in Iran causes new concerns .One of the important issues is Social support. Social support can be critical for older adults because of their common disabilities and unavoidable dependency to maintain and improve of their health status Materials and Methods: Questionnaires which had been used for measurement of health status and elderly social support has been collected and combined through searching resources in library and web. 5 district ions of Tehran were selected randomly in order to have a efficient sample size .The questionnaires were filled by 140 elders whom were staying in residential homes and 280 above 60 years elderlies whom were living with their families. The date were analyzed by SPSS software. Results: 406 questionnaires among 420 questionnaires were filled which showed 96.6%. rate of responsibility. Data analysis showed a correlation between status of physical, mental and social health social support. Conclusion: There is a significant correlation between Social support and physical ,mental, and social status of health

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Introduction: Low back pain is a common problem among nurses. the purpose of this study was to assess effectiveness of physical health educational program on the quality of life of nursing staff with chronic low back pain working in hospitals in yazd.  

Methood: This semi experimental study was carried over 119  employees with chronic low back pain working in hospitals in yazd in both intervention (n=60)and control (n=59) groups. The intervention group participated in a training program included a - 180 minutes education session. Data were collected through using the 36-item Short-Form Health Survey questionnaire (SF-36) at base line and 3- month follow up and analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics.

Conclusion: This study showed the physical dimensions of quality of life including physical functioning , role physical , bodily pain and general health in the intervention group with mean age of  72/32,58/18,59/96,69/10 respectively were improved in compare with the same dimensions in control group with mean age of  60/50,47/88,38/05,51/27  at 3- month follow up (P<0/0001). There were no significant improvement in terms of mental component of quality of life in intervention (P=0/855).

Results: The results indicated the educational program could be effective on physical functioning, role physical, bodily pain and general health.