Hamidreza Behnam Vashani; Mohammad Vahedian Shahroudi; Mehdi Jafarzade Fakhari
Volume 17, Issue 3 , September and October 2010, , Pages 213-217
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Background and Purpose: Geriatric age is a course in life where the elderly are subject to potential threats such as chronic diseases, isolation and seclusion, lack of social support, and accordingly mental and physical disabilities threaten their personal independence. These factors can lead to diminish ...
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Background and Purpose: Geriatric age is a course in life where the elderly are subject to potential threats such as chronic diseases, isolation and seclusion, lack of social support, and accordingly mental and physical disabilities threaten their personal independence. These factors can lead to diminish the quality of life. Therefore, the quality of life of the elderly people in Sabzevar was investigated in this study. Methods and Materials: In this cross-sectional descriptive analytical study, 304 elderly of above 60 years dwelling in Sabzevar, Iran in 2010 were selected through systematic cluster sampling. The study data were collected through standardized SF-36 Health Status Questionnaire. They were analyzed through frequency tables and mean ± SD, using independent t-test, one-way ANOVA and chi-square in SPSS 15. Level of significance was considered 0.05. Results: The mean quality of life was 44.9±8.7. The highest mean was associated with energy and vigor (50.6±0.5) and the lowest with general health (39.2±19.7). In general, 38.7% had a good life quality and 23.3% did not. Also, 44.4% of elderly men had unsuitable quality of life as far as pain was concerned, and 44.3% were affected with limited physical movement. No significant differences were observed between men and women as regards their limited activity, as well as social, mental and physical problems. However, there was a significant difference as to their pain. Conclusion: Since all dimensions of life quality were below 50 in the present study, the life quality of elderly people in Sabzevar, Iran can be considered unsatisfactory.
Mehdi Jafarzadeh Fakhar; Kazem Maskani
Volume 15, Issue 3 , September and October 2008, , Pages 176-181
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Background and Purpose: Taking psychoactive drugs and the disgusting phenomenon of addiction occur in people due to various personal and social factors and affect the personal and social lives of the addict. Necessity of attention to this hassle made us investigate the factors affecting addiction and ...
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Background and Purpose: Taking psychoactive drugs and the disgusting phenomenon of addiction occur in people due to various personal and social factors and affect the personal and social lives of the addict. Necessity of attention to this hassle made us investigate the factors affecting addiction and withdrawal in self-declared addicts. Methods and Materials: In this deh1ive analytical study 456 addicts were randomly selected from the population of self-declared addicts admitted to Behzisti Clinic of Withdrawal in Sabzevar. A questionnaire matching with the aims of the study was completed during interviews and investigation of records. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS using chi-square and student t-test. Results: It was found that the study sample included 394 male (86.4%) and 62 female (13.6%) informants. Mean age of males and females were 37.4±10.7 and 41.79±13.4 years respectively. In digressing to addiction men were mostly affected by friends and colleagues (46%) and strangers (42%). However women were mostly affected by family and kinsmen (40%) and strangers (30%).; and the difference was statistically significant (p