Assessment of retired elderly’s people autonomy and its affecting factors in Rasht
Introduction: In elderly, autonomy is threatened due to physical and mental disability. This ‎disability in activity of daily living is a chronic condition that causes cost disbursement in ‎society and reduce older people s quality of life. ‎ Objective: The aim of this study...
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| author | Nasrin Masoumi Shirin Jafroudi Atefeh Ghanbari Khanghah Ehsan Kazemnejad Leili |
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| description | Introduction: In elderly, autonomy is threatened due to physical and mental disability. This ‎disability in activity of daily living is a chronic condition that causes cost disbursement in ‎society and reduce older people s quality of life.
‎ Objective: The aim of this study is to determine and compare retired elderly s ability in ‎activity of daily living based on demographic characteristics in Rasht.‎
Methods: This study is a cross- sectional descriptive study that includes ‎‏194‏‎ retired elders in ‎governmental organizations. Data collection is done by Katz questionnaire and for assessment ‎of activity of daily‏ ‏living (ADL) ability and instrumental activity of daily living (IADL) ‎Lawton questionnaire was used. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS version ‎‏16‏‎.‎
Results:‎‏ ‏Study results showed that although elderly needed help in activity of daily living ‎such as bathing, walking and appearance conditions but‏ ‏none were in completely dependent ‎group after scoring. In independency domain in instrumental ADL, ‎‏86‏‎.‎‏6‏‎% of them were ‎independent, ‎‏10‏‎.‎‏3‏‎% of them needed help and ‎‏3‏‎.‎‏1‏‎% of them were completely dependent. In ‎demographic characteristics, autonomy in activity of daily living correlates with age, marital ‎status, education and illness.‎
Conclusion: Because of significant correlation between disability in activity of daily living by ‎increasing age, female gender and morbidity, planning for education classes, providing posters ‎and pamphlet based on life style correction and prevention of musculoskeletal diseases is an ‎important step in getting elders to effective and healthy life.‎ |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b503783cd87c4640847dfd68e29af6ff2024-12-02T04:40:33ZengGuilan University of Medical SciencesJournal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery2588-37122588-37202011-04-012114651Assessment of retired elderly’s people autonomy and its affecting factors in RashtNasrin Masoumi0Shirin Jafroudi1Atefeh Ghanbari Khanghah2Ehsan Kazemnejad Leili3 Introduction: In elderly, autonomy is threatened due to physical and mental disability. This ‎disability in activity of daily living is a chronic condition that causes cost disbursement in ‎society and reduce older people s quality of life. ‎ Objective: The aim of this study is to determine and compare retired elderly s ability in ‎activity of daily living based on demographic characteristics in Rasht.‎ Methods: This study is a cross- sectional descriptive study that includes ‎‏194‏‎ retired elders in ‎governmental organizations. Data collection is done by Katz questionnaire and for assessment ‎of activity of daily‏ ‏living (ADL) ability and instrumental activity of daily living (IADL) ‎Lawton questionnaire was used. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS version ‎‏16‏‎.‎ Results:‎‏ ‏Study results showed that although elderly needed help in activity of daily living ‎such as bathing, walking and appearance conditions but‏ ‏none were in completely dependent ‎group after scoring. In independency domain in instrumental ADL, ‎‏86‏‎.‎‏6‏‎% of them were ‎independent, ‎‏10‏‎.‎‏3‏‎% of them needed help and ‎‏3‏‎.‎‏1‏‎% of them were completely dependent. In ‎demographic characteristics, autonomy in activity of daily living correlates with age, marital ‎status, education and illness.‎ Conclusion: Because of significant correlation between disability in activity of daily living by ‎increasing age, female gender and morbidity, planning for education classes, providing posters ‎and pamphlet based on life style correction and prevention of musculoskeletal diseases is an ‎important step in getting elders to effective and healthy life.‎http://hnmj.gums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-243-40&slc_lang=en&sid=1Elderly Retirement Activity of daily living |
| spellingShingle | Nasrin Masoumi Shirin Jafroudi Atefeh Ghanbari Khanghah Ehsan Kazemnejad Leili Assessment of retired elderly’s people autonomy and its affecting factors in Rasht Journal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery Elderly Retirement Activity of daily living |
| title | Assessment of retired elderly’s people autonomy and its affecting factors in Rasht |
| title_full | Assessment of retired elderly’s people autonomy and its affecting factors in Rasht |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of retired elderly’s people autonomy and its affecting factors in Rasht |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of retired elderly’s people autonomy and its affecting factors in Rasht |
| title_short | Assessment of retired elderly’s people autonomy and its affecting factors in Rasht |
| title_sort | assessment of retired elderly s people autonomy and its affecting factors in rasht |
| topic | Elderly Retirement Activity of daily living |
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