Effect of Self- Care Educational Program to Improving Quality of Life among Elderly Referred to Health Centers in Zanjan

Since elders are susceptible to various impairments due to various physical and mental problems, thus they need more attention and abiding efficient self-care program for their health promotion. Present study investigates the effect of self-care training program on quality of life elderly. This is a pre and post quasi-experimental study was carried out on 160 elderly clients were selected from 8 health care centers in Zanjan. The elderly selected by randomized sampling and assigned to two groups of experimental (n=80) and control (n=80) groups. The experimental group Participated in self- care training program for 6 one- hour session. Study instrument were questionnaires regarding demographic information and Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Data analysis was performed using SPSS-22 software by Independent T-test, Mann-Whitney and Chi-square. The finding showed a significant difference in the mean scores of quality of life between the experimental and control groups after intervention (P<0.001). Self-care education to elderly about the practices of proper nutrition, exercise, rest and medication can prevent a lot of problems and help them to improve their quality of life.