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Research code: 1397-2-2-12305
Ethics code: IR.IUMS.REC.1397.1229
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Solhi M, Kabir K, Kordlou F. The Study of Self Care Ability and Its Effective Factors in Elderly Referring to Comprehensive Health Centers in Karaj -2019. RSJ 2019; 4 (4) : 2
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Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Background & Objectives: Elderly is a critical period of human life increasing the amount of selfcare in health can reduce the burden of disease. The purpose of this study was to determine self-care ability and its effective factors in elderly referring to comprehensive health centers in Karaj in 1397.
Material & Methods: This is a cross- sectional descriptive analytical study that was performed on 410 elderly people over 60 years who referred to comprehensive health services by multistage random sampling method. A standard questionnaire self-care ability and demographic profile form were used. Data was entered into SPSS version 20 and were analyzed be descriptive and analytic tests.
Results: The mean age of the subjects was (66.86±6.48). The mean score of total self-care ability was (139.03±13.08) and above the standard average. In this study, the underlying variables of physical status, sex, education, occupation, income, place of living and income were significantly correlated with self-care ability dimensions (p<0.005). Geographic area of life, number of children and family size as well as age groups had no significant relationship with the dimensions of self-care ability.
Conclusions: The majority of subjects had good self-care ability. It seems that the educational intervention can improve the self-care ability of the elderly.
Material & Methods: This is a cross- sectional descriptive analytical study that was performed on 410 elderly people over 60 years who referred to comprehensive health services by multistage random sampling method. A standard questionnaire self-care ability and demographic profile form were used. Data was entered into SPSS version 20 and were analyzed be descriptive and analytic tests.
Results: The mean age of the subjects was (66.86±6.48). The mean score of total self-care ability was (139.03±13.08) and above the standard average. In this study, the underlying variables of physical status, sex, education, occupation, income, place of living and income were significantly correlated with self-care ability dimensions (p<0.005). Geographic area of life, number of children and family size as well as age groups had no significant relationship with the dimensions of self-care ability.
Conclusions: The majority of subjects had good self-care ability. It seems that the educational intervention can improve the self-care ability of the elderly.
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Received: 2023/03/1 | Accepted: 2023/03/11 | Published: 2023/04/11
Received: 2023/03/1 | Accepted: 2023/03/11 | Published: 2023/04/11
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