objectives: this study has been conducted to investigate the «social support» various roles in anxiety and depression of elderly people, in tehran’s second district habitants. methods & materials: the method of study is causal-comparative and required data was collected by norbeck social supportquestionnaire and anxiety and depression scale. the sample includes 100 elder subjects who are 60 yea...

This study investigated the effects of age on self-perceived hearing disability among young and elderly people with comparable hearing sensitivity. Subjects were young (18-40 yr) and elderly (65-75 yr) listeners with either normal hearing sensitivity or mild-to-moderate sloping sensorineural hearing loss. The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly was presented to the older subjects and the...

OBJECTIVE To compare the sensitivity of the cough reflex--which is said to be normal in elderly people--in elderly and young subjects. SUBJECTS 20 elderly (14 female) subjects, mean (SEM) age 83 (1) years and 20 young (nine female) subjects, mean (SEM) age 27 (1) years, who were all non-smokers. None of the subjects was taking antitussive drugs and none suffered from clinically evident lung, ...

BACKGROUND Although the outcomes of caustic ingestion differ between children and adults, it is unclear whether such outcomes differ among adults as a function of their age. This retrospective study was performed to ascertain whether the clinical outcomes of caustic ingestion differ significantly between elderly and non-elderly adults. METHODS Medical records of patients hospitalized for caus...

BACKGROUND Elderly people (>60 years) in Chile represented 11.4% (n=1,717,478) of the total population in 2002. The group with disabilities or mental problems is increasing and there is no reliable information about the number of institutionalized elderly subjects. AIM To estimate the number of elderly people living in residences for long term care and their main characteristics. PATIENTS A...

background: due to increasing life expectancy and declining fertility rates, the population over the age of 60 in developed and developing countries is increasing. this matter draws attention toward the improvement of the health of the elderly and consideration of the health and treatment needs of this important group of human society. the aim of this study was to determine the effects of integ...

The role that sensorineural hearing loss plays in the speech-recognition difficulties of the hearing-impaired elderly is examined. One approach to this issue was to make between-group comparisons of performance for three groups of subjects: (a) young normal-hearing adults; (b) elderly hearing-impaired adults; and (c) young normal-hearing adults with simulated sensorineural hearing loss equivale...

Antihypertensive treatment has beneficial effects in the elderly. Surveying the situation of blood pressure in the elderly is quite important for planning strategies to manage elderly hypertensives. The aim of the present study was to investigate changes in blood pressure in the elderly over the past 15 years.As part of a physical check-up program between 2001 and 2015, 29,363 elderly participa...

BACKGROUND The significance of adiponectin levels in elderly individuals with prediabetes has yet to be determined. Thus, the present study was performed to evaluate the relationships between adiponectin levels and anthropometric variables, body composition parameters, insulin sensitivity, and lipid profiles in elderly prediabetic patients. METHODS The present study included 120 subjects with...