Self-care Ability of Older People Living in Urban Areas of Northwestern Iran

Background: Self-care ability was considered as a mechanism to improve the quality of life and reducing the high costs of medical services for elder people. Iran is experiencing increased elder people and healthy aging is one of the challenges. This study aimed to investigate self-care ability of e...

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Main Authors:	Jafar Sadegh TABRIZI, Mehrdad Amir BEHGHADAMI, Mohammad SAADATI
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2018-12-01
Series:	Iranian Journal of Public Health
Subjects:	Self-care ability Elderly Health complexes Iran
Online Access:	https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/15518

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spelling	doaj-4986241a1a1f448091e9759f6c4ae3702021-01-02T15:45:07ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Public Health2251-60852251-60932018-12-014712Self-care Ability of Older People Living in Urban Areas of Northwestern IranJafar Sadegh TABRIZI0Mehrdad Amir BEHGHADAMI1Mohammad SAADATI2Tabriz Health Service Management Research Centre, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran AND Dept. of Health Services Management, School of Health Service Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran AND Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranDept. of Health Services Management, School of Health Service Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran AND Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran AND Student Research Committee (SRC), Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranRoad Traffic Injury Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Background: Self-care ability was considered as a mechanism to improve the quality of life and reducing the high costs of medical services for elder people. Iran is experiencing increased elder people and healthy aging is one of the challenges. This study aimed to investigate self-care ability of elder people in Shahid Chamran and Dr. Shadpour health complexes, Tabriz- Iran. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study done in 2015."The Self-care Ability Scale for the Elderly (SASE)" valid and reliable questionnaire (Persian version) was used for data collection. Totally, 220 samples were selected using G-Power 3.1.5 software. Sampling was conducted through systematic random method. Data were analyzed using SPSS 21 software. Descriptive statistics and independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis test and Kolmogorov-Smirnov test were used. Results: The mean of self-care ability in elder people was calculated as 56.69± 15.07 (out of 100). 96.8% of participating elderlies, had poor self-care ability. Significant relations were found between elder people self-care ability and their educational level, life status, employment status, and marital status (P<0.05). However, gender, income source, and insurance status had no relations with self-care ability of the elder people (P>0.05). Conclusion: Self-care ability of elder people in Tabriz was at weak level. Regarding, health providers must employ the programs to promote older people self-care ability including improving self-esteem, receiving family help, improved nutrition and mental health improving elderly's quality of life. https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/15518Self-care abilityElderlyHealth complexesIran
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author	Jafar Sadegh TABRIZI Mehrdad Amir BEHGHADAMI Mohammad SAADATI
spellingShingle	Jafar Sadegh TABRIZI Mehrdad Amir BEHGHADAMI Mohammad SAADATI Self-care Ability of Older People Living in Urban Areas of Northwestern Iran Iranian Journal of Public Health Self-care ability Elderly Health complexes Iran
author_facet	Jafar Sadegh TABRIZI Mehrdad Amir BEHGHADAMI Mohammad SAADATI
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title	Self-care Ability of Older People Living in Urban Areas of Northwestern Iran
title_short	Self-care Ability of Older People Living in Urban Areas of Northwestern Iran
title_full	Self-care Ability of Older People Living in Urban Areas of Northwestern Iran
title_fullStr	Self-care Ability of Older People Living in Urban Areas of Northwestern Iran
title_full_unstemmed	Self-care Ability of Older People Living in Urban Areas of Northwestern Iran
title_sort	self-care ability of older people living in urban areas of northwestern iran
publisher	Tehran University of Medical Sciences
series	Iranian Journal of Public Health
issn	2251-6085 2251-6093
publishDate	2018-12-01
description	Background: Self-care ability was considered as a mechanism to improve the quality of life and reducing the high costs of medical services for elder people. Iran is experiencing increased elder people and healthy aging is one of the challenges. This study aimed to investigate self-care ability of elder people in Shahid Chamran and Dr. Shadpour health complexes, Tabriz- Iran. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study done in 2015."The Self-care Ability Scale for the Elderly (SASE)" valid and reliable questionnaire (Persian version) was used for data collection. Totally, 220 samples were selected using G-Power 3.1.5 software. Sampling was conducted through systematic random method. Data were analyzed using SPSS 21 software. Descriptive statistics and independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis test and Kolmogorov-Smirnov test were used. Results: The mean of self-care ability in elder people was calculated as 56.69± 15.07 (out of 100). 96.8% of participating elderlies, had poor self-care ability. Significant relations were found between elder people self-care ability and their educational level, life status, employment status, and marital status (P<0.05). However, gender, income source, and insurance status had no relations with self-care ability of the elder people (P>0.05). Conclusion: Self-care ability of elder people in Tabriz was at weak level. Regarding, health providers must employ the programs to promote older people self-care ability including improving self-esteem, receiving family help, improved nutrition and mental health improving elderly's quality of life.
topic	Self-care ability Elderly Health complexes Iran
url	https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/15518
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Self-care Ability of Older People Living in Urban Areas of Northwestern Iran

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