Status of Lifestyle in Iranian Elderly Population
Journal Title: Journal of Science and today’s world - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
Aging is a critical period of life and attention to the issues and needs of this very important that is often neglected. This study performed with aimed to determine the Status of Lifestyle in elderly population of Freidan city. This study was a cross-sectional research that performed among 179 elderly Freidan in random sampling method. Data collections was a Lifestyle elderly questionnaire in five domains include; lifestyle, prevention, sports and recreation, nutrition and stress, relationships where completed by interview. The data collected were analyzed by SPSS-18 with using descriptive and analytical tests such as Pearson correlation, ANOVA and independent T-test at significance level of 0.05. The mean age participants were 66.49±6.77 years, 52% female and 48% male. Lifestyle of 95 percent was Moderate, 4.5 percent unfavorable and 0.5 percent favorable. Moderate-income elderly, women and educated elderly had better lifestyle. The majority elderly of Friedan city had Moderate lifestyle. Due to growing elderly population in Iran and the importance of healthy lifestyle in health and wellness therefore recommended education of healthy lifestyle.
Authors and Affiliations
Mostafa Nasirzadeh, Leila Gholami, Farzad Jalilian, Mohammad Aligol, Mona Hafezi Bakhtiari, Mohammad Mahboubi, Behzad Karami Matin
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