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{"title":"The relationship between health literacy level and self-care ability in the elderly","authors":"pouria tamizkar, M. Mohammadi, Azita Fathnezhad-kazemi, somayeh marami","doi":"10.29252/JOGE.4.2.54","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/JOGE.4.2.54","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Elderly people with low levels of health literacy are one of at-risk groups because they have difficulty understanding and reading health information that may affect their health care. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between health literacy status and self-care ability in the elderly in Tabriz. Method: This cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was conducted in 2019 with the participation of 165 elderly people in the Tabriz Retirement Center. Sampling was done randomly and considering the inclusion criteria. The tools were used consisted of three sections: demographic characteristics, health literacy and self-care questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS v.21 and the level of significance considered was (P< 0.05). Results: The mean (standard deviation) age and body mass index were 66.47 (5.44) and 26.75 (1.90) and 52.7% of the male participants, respectively. The mean (standard deviation) score of health literacy and self-care ability were 79.58 (11.80) and 68.95 (6.37), respectively. Most of the elderly 143 (86.7%) had adequate and higher level of health literacy. Also 83 (50.3%) had low selfcare ability. There was a positive and significant relationship (P <0.05) between health literacy and self-care ability, although this relationship was weak (r = 0.20). Conclusion: Although the level of health literacy was moderately high, however many people had insufficient self-care ability. Indicates the need to pay attention to the relevant factors in order to plan and take measures to improve the self-care capacity of the relevant authorities.","PeriodicalId":15922,"journal":{"name":"Journal of gerontology","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78979977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effect of Concurrent cerebral transcranial direct current stimulation and neuromuscular coordination exercises on balance elderly people","authors":"S. Sadati, Nariman Tajik","doi":"10.29252/joge.4.2.53","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/joge.4.2.53","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Frequent falls in the elderly have a direct relationship with postural control and balance. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of Concurrent cerebral transcranial direct current stimulation and neuromuscular coordination exercises on balance elderly people. Method: This study was an experimental, preand posttest design. The participants of this study were 24 elderly who were selected by convenience sampling and randomly assigned to two groups (n=12). After a preliminary assessment of equilibrium parameters by Computerized Dynamic Posturography apparatus, \"Intervention\" group received direct current stimulation over the cerebellum at 2mA and \"Control\" group received sham stimulation, twenty minutes each session in five days during two weeks. At each session, immediately after stimulation, participants performed half-hour equilibrium exercises on the Huber apparatus. After completing five sessions, the variables were re-measured. Data analysis performed using MANCOVA and ANCOVA and SPSS 23 software. Results: The results of this study showed that current direct stimulation of the cerebral had significant effect on the postural control equilibrium variables in the first and fourth sensory condition (P<0.05). However, it did not have a significant effect on the stability of the elderly in the second, third, fifth, sixth sensory condition and composite balance (P>0.05). In addition, cerebral electrical stimulation with balance training improved postural control performance of visual system (P<0.05), but postural control performance of somatosensory system, vestibular system, and visual preference did not significantly improve (P>0.05). Conclusion: The results of this study showed that cerebral TDCS with balance training has little beneficial effects on postural control and balance of elderly people and can, to a lesser extent, facilitate motor learning and improve motor adaptation.","PeriodicalId":15922,"journal":{"name":"Journal of gerontology","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74914176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effect of aromatherapy with essential oils of lavender on sleep quality in the elderly","authors":"L. Meskini, M. Bagheri, M. rostami-ghadi","doi":"10.29252/joge.4.2.63","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/joge.4.2.63","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Insomnia has a significant effect negative on the quality of life of the elderly and significantly decreases in the quality of daily functioning. On the other hand, the effect of aromatherapy with lavender essential oil has been shown to improve the quality of sleep in different patients. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of the effect of aromatherapy with lavender essential oil on elderly sleep quality in the elderly. Method: In this clinical trial study, single-blind randomized and 50 elderly people were selected using stratified random sampling method from Health Centers of Qaem Shahr. After obtaining a written consent and completing the demographic, clinical, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index the Iranian version of this questionnaire has a reliability of 0.86 and a validity of 0.89, Elderly received a Lavender inhalation intervention group every night, half an hour before bedtime, for 4 weeks, received 2 drops of lavender oil. The elderly of the control group received paraffin solution at the same time as the lavender essential oil group. Results: The mean age was 68.52 ± 19.6 years. Data analysis was carried out based on seven dimensions of sleep quality questionnaire. The mean of sleep quality before intervention, There was no significant difference between the intervention and the control group but after intervention, the mean score of sleep quality was significantly different in the two groups (p<0.001). Conclusion: Aromatherapy with lavender essential oil can have a positive effect on improving the quality of sleep in the elderly. Therefore, it is recommended for elderly people.","PeriodicalId":15922,"journal":{"name":"Journal of gerontology","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78559293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Elderly Perceived Stress: The Predictive role of Spiritual Well-Being, Coping Strategies, and Sense of Cohesion","authors":"Sanaz Eyni, Z. Hashemi, ramin tagavi","doi":"10.29252/joge.4.2.25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/joge.4.2.25","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Mental and health-related stressors are exacerbated with age. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the role of spiritual well-being, coping strategies, and sense of cohesion in predicting perceived stress in the elderly. Method: The research method was analytical and correlational. The statistical population of this study was all the elderly in elderly home of Mandegaran and Ata in Ardabil city in 2018, out of whom 120 were selected by purposeful sampling based on entry criteria. Data collection tools included perceived stress scale, spiritual well-being questionnaire, coping strategies questionnaire, and 13-item cohesion sense questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple linear regression. Results: There was a negative and significant relationship between the perceived stress of elderly with spiritual well-being (β=-0/110: P<0/004), problem-based coping strategy (β=-0/152: P<0/001), sense of cohesion (β=-0/176: P<0/008) and positive and significant relationship with negative religious coping (β=0/131: P<0/017). Spiritual well-being, coping strategies, and sense of cohesion predicted 68% of the variance in perceived stress scores of","PeriodicalId":15922,"journal":{"name":"Journal of gerontology","volume":"155 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89239382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparison of the effect of sleep hygiene education with the cognitive and behavioral method on the quality of sleep in elderly","authors":"Aliasghar Torabi, E. Ilali, Saeyedeh Olia Emadian, N. Mousavinasab","doi":"10.29252/joge.4.2.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/joge.4.2.9","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Being an elderly is associated with major changes in the quality and pattern of sleep. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of sleep hygiene education compared to cognitivebehavioral methodology on the quality of sleep in the elderly patients referred to daily care centers. Method: This is a quasi-experimental research conducted on two-groups of 80 elderly people referring to day care centers in Sari city. In one group, sleep health education was conducted and in the other group, cognitive-behavioral methodology was held. Eighty eligible elders were assigned to two groups of sleep hygiene education (40N) and cognitive-behavioral intervention (40N). Sleep quality was assessed by Pittsburgh sleep quality standard questionnaire before and after intervention. At the beginning of the study, questionnaires (demographic characteristics questionnaire and Pittsburgh sleep quality questionnaire) were completed in both groups. Data was analyzed by SPSS v. 20 and descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The mean age of the samples was 66.15±4.22 in the cognitive behavioral group and it was 67.95±5.53 in the sleep hygiene education group. The mean and standard deviation of sleep quality of elderly people, before and after the cognitive behavioral method in the first group were 8.05 ± 3.651, 6.67 ± 2.66 respectively, the mean and standard deviation of sleep quality in the elderly before and after the sleep hygiene education in the second group were8.42 ± 3.39, 7.23 ± 2.454respectively. Comparison of the mean of sleep quality before and after intervention in both groups showed that the sleep quality of the elderly was significantly improved (P< 0.001). Given that the F statistics of covariance analysis test is significant (F (1.79) = 0.999, P = 0.321), Therefore, these two methods had the same effect on the overall quality of sleep in the elderly Conclusion: Considering that Cognitivebehavioral and sleep hygiene education method are an effective alternative to medication therapy replacement in the elderly, and each of the two methods have no side effects, it is recommended that, given the based on economic conditions and social facilities for the elderly, and facilities available to them. Each of these two alternatives is a substitute for hypnotics.","PeriodicalId":15922,"journal":{"name":"Journal of gerontology","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91536734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Validity of the Identification Seniors At Risk Tool (ISAR) in Predicting the Risk of Re-admitting Elderly in Sabzevar Emergency Wards","authors":"M. Lesaei, A. Ghanbari, R. Akrami, Z. Estaji","doi":"10.29252/joge.4.2.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/joge.4.2.18","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction : The number of elderly people admitted through the emergency department is rapidly increasing, which has a significant and serious impact on emergency care and costs. In order to identify correctly and preventively the elderly who are at greater risk of being readmitted to the emergency wards, we examined the validity of the ISAR tool in this area. Method: In this correlational study, 264 elderly men and women 60 years and older who were discharged from the Emergency wards of “Vasei”, “Emdad” and “Heshmatieh” Hospitals were studied. They were selected by random sampling in 1397 and were included in the study and followed for 3 months. Data were collected using demographic questionnaire and ISAR tool and analyzed by SPSS v.19 software to evaluate the validity of the tool. Results: The mean age of the sample group was approximately 72 years. The ISAR tool for predicting elderly re-admission one month after emergency discharge had 31% sensitivity and 88% specificity (PPV = 42%, NPV = 82%, AUC = 59%), two months after had 36% sensitivity and 85% specificity (PPV = 43%, NPV = 81%, AUC = 0.60) and three months after had 58% sensitivity and 77% specificity (PPV = 52%, NPV = 81%, AUC = 0.67). Conclusion: Our study showed that the ISAR tool lacked validity to predict elderly re-admission in the short-term after discharge from emergency wards (1to3months).","PeriodicalId":15922,"journal":{"name":"Journal of gerontology","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88068558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Attitude of nurses, instructors and nursing students towards the care of elderly patients(A systematic review)","authors":"Hossein Roohi Moghaddam, Shamaneh Mohamadi, Fateme Alipour","doi":"10.29252/JOGE.4.1.34","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/JOGE.4.1.34","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Nurses, as nursing care providers, have a pivotal role and a unique role in effecting the quality of care. The attitude of nurses on their preference for working with elderly people and the quality of care provided to them is effective. This study aimed to investigate the attitude of nursing students and nurses towards the care of elderly people. Method: To obtain articles on the attitude of nurses about the care of elderly people, the researchers first selected some keywords such as “attitude of nurses, nursing students, elderly and needs of elderly”. Then they tried to search these keywords in some Persian language databases like ” SID, Magiran and Iran Medex”. To find some English articles published between 2000-2018, the researchers also searched the keywords in some scientific databases like “ Scopus, Science Direct, Cochran library, Google Scholar, Ovid and PubMed”. Finally, based on the amount of articles related to search topics and include criteria, 24 related articles were selected and reviewed. Results: Nurses’ and nursing students’ attitudes towards care of elderly people were positive, negative and neutral. Many variables were evaluated as effective factors on nurses’ attitude, such as age, gender, level of education and work experience. It seems that having a positive attitude toward aging has an important role in choosing nurses in nursing care. Conclusion: Since the knowledge of nurses in the field of aging is influential on the type of attitude and selecting their priority toward care of elderly patients, therefore, it is necessary to look at the education of elderly patient’s cognition in nursing education levels with more emphasis.","PeriodicalId":15922,"journal":{"name":"Journal of gerontology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90818235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Determining the components of the structural characteristics assessment tool for the age-friendly hospitals","authors":"M. Rahmanpour, A. Tirgar, A. Ebadi, S. Sum, M. Nikpour","doi":"10.29252/JOGE.4.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/JOGE.4.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Since hospitals are one of the most prolific and vital areas for the elderly, and the evaluation of the present situation is one of the first steps to create an appropriate environment, this study was aimed at determing effective factors in an assessing tool for evaluating the structural characteristics of agefriendly hospitals. Method: In this methodological research, a list of items was provided based on existing components for other age-friendly environments such as city, park, sanatorium and home. Then, the content validity was determined using a panel of experts including civil engineers, architects, ergonomists, and gerontologists, and the determination of face validity with a team of evaluators including MSC Gerontology, occupational health, environmental health and ergonomics. Results: With the help of the research team, 194 primary items in 20 domains were reduced to 100 in 19 domains. Content validity and face validity processes reduced the number of items to 72 items and 17 domains, respectively. Conclusions: Findings of this research by determining the present conditon and identifing suitable ergonomics interventions could be effective to promote comfort, safety, and independency of aged pepople in hospitals.","PeriodicalId":15922,"journal":{"name":"Journal of gerontology","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82948112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Impact of Healthy Lifestyle Multimedia Education on Elderly Life Promotion","authors":"M. Movahedi, F. Khamseh, A. Ebadi, Z. Amini","doi":"10.29252/JOGE.4.1.45","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/JOGE.4.1.45","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Elderly health is one of the most important health issues in most societies that can be prevented by elderly problems through health care education. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of multimedia education on promoting healthy lifestyle of the elderly in Tehran. Method: This clinical trial study was performed on two groups of thirty elderly people with mean age (63.41 6 6.88) who were members of the elderly focal points of Tehran neighborhoods with moderate to poor lifestyle scores. Intervention group received healthy lifestyle training in old age using multimedia educational software and the control group did not receive any intervention. Three months later, the lifestyle of the two intervention and control groups was again assessed. Results: There was a statistically significant difference between the two groups in the two groups after the intervention (P<0.001). Conclusion: Lifestyle education using multimedia educational content is effective in the elderly and due to the importance of healthy lifestyle in preventing the problems of old age and due to the limitations of the elderly for attending healthy lifestyle training classes, The above method can improve the health of the elderly.","PeriodicalId":15922,"journal":{"name":"Journal of gerontology","volume":"84 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89218314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of mental and physical health indicators among elderly residents and non-residents of elderly homes based on TOPSIS technique(In 2017-2018)","authors":"Mohsen Niazi, S. Miri, M. Aghighi","doi":"10.29252/joge.4.1.74","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/joge.4.1.74","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Iran has surpassed its population structure changes to an elderly country, as a result, their mental and physical health problems become important. This study aimed to compare the mental and physical health of resident and non-resident elderly people. Method: this research is cross sectional conducted in Tehran city. Statistical sample in this research include 160 elders in three groups resident in home, elders resident in private and public elderly homes. Australian Ministry of Health questionnaires have been used to collect data that reliability and validity of questionnaires has been proven by Alizade et al (2008). In addition, TOPSIS technique has been used for data analysis. Results: Among the factors affecting mental and physical health, the option of elderly living at home with index 0.044291 is in the first rank, the second is the elderly living in a private sanatorium with the index 0.005953 and elderly living in a public sanitary are in third rank with the index 0.004557. Conclusion: The results showed that there is a significant difference between the elderly living in the private and public sanatorium in terms of mental and physical health and its components. The most important factors are: psychological distress index, that in terms of less importance of this index, elderly living in home are in first rank, elderly living in the private nursing homes are in the second rank and the elderly living in the public sanatorium are in third rank. Physical performance evaluation and evaluation of everyday activities performance in terms of most important of this factor, elderly living in home are in the first rank, elderly living in the private nursing homes are in the second rank and the elderly living in the public sanatorium are in third rank.","PeriodicalId":15922,"journal":{"name":"Journal of gerontology","volume":"98 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80546773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}