background: elderly population is increasing worldwide. the elderly are hospitalized more and have a longer stay compared to patients of all ages. nurse-elderly patient relationship has a key role in improving nursing care and increasing patient’s satisfaction of health care system. methods: this was a cross-sectional study conducted from june to august 2005. the sample consisted of 110 elderly...

background: during recent years the rapid increase in the senior population, their disabilities, reduced independence, and increased dependence have drawn more attention toward issues related to social support in this group. social support impacts different dimensions of health of the senior population.  meanwhile, one of the important aspects of health which is less considered in this group is...

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investigations regarding the relationship between bone mineral density (bmd) and thyroid function tests even in the normal range are limited. therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between bmd with thyroid function tests in elderly people. this study is a part of a prospective study about health status of the elderly people in amirkola city (ahap) which is on...

vitamin d deficiency is common among the elderly with and without heart failure (hf). this study was designed to identify the degree of vitamin d deficiency among hf and non- hf elderly with cardiovascular disease. in this study, fifty hospitalized elderly patients with hf (26 women and 24 men, age range 60-90 years) and fifty elderly without hf were randomly selected. the level of serum 25-hyd...

objectives: in this research we evaluate an individually family-based dohsa exercise programme of balance in the aged people and its effect on self confidence for performing common daily tasks with less falling could be influenced by training. methods: from a residential care center, five aged person were participated in this study. they were trained by dohsa method for six weeks. two types of ...

purpose : to determine the prevalence of visual impairment, blindness, and low vision among the elderly population of sari in northern iran methods : random cluster sampling of 1,185 selected individuals over 54 years of age, of whom 79.1% participated. participants underwent eye examinations to test presenting visual acuity (va), best corrected visual acuity (bcva), and refraction. results : b...

comparative study of food consumption patterns in urban and rural elderly population in urmia     amirzadeh j [1] , amirzadeh n [2] , rasoli j [3] *     received: 10 sep, 2011 accepted: 22 nov, 2011     abstract   background & aims : as elderly population is growing fast, it is vital to pay more attention to elevating elderly health care. since aging is accompanied by specific diseases, nutriti...

aging declines abilities and leads to increased risk of falling and subsequently poorer quality of life. the objective of this study was to identify a proper assessment for risk of falling among institutionalized elderly. in order to accomplish this aim, two functional assessment methods, berg scale and tinetti scale, were used and the validity indices of these methods were calculated. prospect...

the population prevalence of older people has been growing worldwide. quality of life (qol) among older people is a significant public health concern. hence, this study aimed to assess level of qol and factors influencing qol among rural thai older people.the study was undertaken in phayao province where is one of the top ten provinces with the highest index of thai aging. a district in this pr...