background: the aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of metronomic capecitabine chemotherapy in pretreated elderly patients with advanced gastric carsonoma. patients and methods: eligible patients were treated with capecitabine at a fixed dose of 1000mg daily until disease progression or toxicity. endpoints were overall response rate, safety, progression-free survival an...

objectives: investigating the effect of endurance training program onthe gait pattern of non-active elderly people. methods & materials: this study has been done by a semi-experience method with 23 old men and women by the average and standard deviation of 70/50±6/9 years old (n=14 people of exercise group, n=9 people of control group). the exercise group took part in this program for eight wee...

introduction: influenza can cause more severe diseases and higher rate of morbidity and mortality in the elderly population. therefore, they should receive influenza vaccine annually. however, the host response to vaccine is less in older individuals. on the other hand, selenium can act as a stimulator of the immune system and cause increased immunity and response to vaccine. this study was car...

original article   introduction: functional disability refers to conditions in which a person is not able to fulfill the daily chores and activities on his/her own or requires assistive devices to perform them. the objective of this study was to investigate the functional disability of the elderly in kerman, southeastern iran and its relationship with handgrip strength. method: this cross-secti...

introduction: most of the older adults have to be hospitalized and patients’ satisfaction from the provided services is one of the key performance indicators in healthcare centers. feeling satisfied with the treatment process and provided services can motivate the elderly patients to continue their treatment, which ultimately leads to a reduction in the disease load and disability in older adul...

conclusions the findings of the study indicated a high satisfaction of the elderly with their hearing aids, considering the type of hearing loss. despite all the efforts to improve the audiologic services during verification process, the elderly should be consulted specifically in order to fit their hearing aid as well as their expectations from aid. results the mean satisfaction scores of the ...

background: aging is a sensitive period of life and attention to the issues and needs is essential. to access to health care for the elderly and the prevention of chronic diseases, and reduce the incidence of infection, the first step is identifying the factors affecting the health of every community. one of the factors affecting it, is the social and religious support. thus, this study compare...

objectives: the relation of metabolic syndrome components, insulin resistance and leptin has been studied in elderly women. methods & materials: in this cross sectional study, among 225 subjects≥60 year old who were residents of kahrizak charity foundation, 133 (56 men & 77 women) were selected by cluster random sampling. fasting serum tg, total cholesterol, hdl, and leptin levels were measured...