Assessment and compare of determinants of the health status of the elderly referred to health centers in Isfahan
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Introduction and
Purpose
Monitoring the older people’s health status to identify risky population and further prevention of chronic and debilitating diseases is of particular importance. It has been identified as one of the most important priorities and challenges of health care system. Therefore, this study aimed to explore and compare of determinants of the health status of the elderly referred to health centers in Isfahan.
Materials And Methods
In this correlation study, 240 people, aged 65 years and older who referred to 11 health care centers in Isfahan to receive health services were recruited through stratified random sampling method. Data were collected by a demographic characteristics questionnaire, Rosenberg´s self-esteem scale and Goldberg´s general health questionnaires. Data were analyzed by Pearson´s coefficient tests, multiple regression analysis, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and t-student test in SPSS (Version 19) software. All ethical aspects of the study were met.
Findings: 109 out of 240 participants were male (% 45.4) and 131 were women (% 6/54) who had a mean (SD) age of 68.4 (4) years. The results of one way ANOVA to examine the relationship between the variables of marital status, occupation and income with the participants’ health status showedthat the mean scores oftheir health statushasa significant differencein thelevels ofthese variables. Moreover, the results showed that the predicting model of the participants’ health status based on a set of predictor variables was significant (F6, 239=9.6, p
Conclusion
promoting the elders’ mental health, particularly in terms of their self-esteem along with reducing hospitalization cases may be worthwhile to moving towards promoting their general health status. We suggest future studies to assess the role of determinants of the elders’ health status in other populations.
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Persian
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Journal of Geriatric Nursing, Volume:2 Issue: 4, 2016
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9
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