the research was a descriptive study to assess knowledge, attitude and practice (kap) of nurses regarding care of elderly patients.   a total of 180 nurses working in medical, surgical and neurology units participated in this study. the tool was a 2 part questionnaire that the first part included demographic characteristics of the subjects like age, sex, marriage, education, past experience in ...

objectives: the aim of this study was to assess nutritional status and identify the most significant mna-items (mini nutritional assessment) to accelerate the determination of nutritional risk of heart-failure in elderly patients. methods and materials: the present research was a cross-sectional descriptive analytical survey on hospitalized heart- failure elderly patients (n=225). the sampling ...

background & aim : quality of life refers to satisfaction or dissatisfaction with various important life domains. sleep disorder is one of the factors which can influence the quality of life. this study has been conducted in order to investigate the relation between quality of life and sleep quality in the kurdish elderly of saqqez county. methods & materials: this correlational study was condu...

background: due to the increase in the elderly population in different societies, their primary needs, physical and mental health, and quality of life, is important. this study aimed to estimate the overall mean score of the qol based on the qol-brief questionnaire in the elderly population of iran. methods: the international and national databases, including; medline, scopus, science direct, m...

background: ablution area is one of the facilities used by most muslims in all categories. there are numbers of design guidelines for praying facilities but lack on ablution area specification. therefore, this study was conducted to design an ergonomic ablution area for the muslim’s disabled and elderly based on their preferences and anthropometric dimension. methods:  kano questionnaires and u...

introduction: as the elderly population increases, chronic diseases and disabilities also become more prevalent. home care programs as hospital services supplement, not only can prevent elderly from get worse in their disabilities but also make it easier for governments to manage elderly people's needs therefore, we aimed to determine the home visit services provided for elderly residing i...

differentiating sepsis from other noninfectious causes of systemic inflammation is often difficult in the elderly. the aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of c-reactive protein (crp), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (esr), procalcitonin (pct), and interleukin-6 (il-6) to identify elderly patients with sepsis. in this single center prospective observational study, we included all consec...

discussion the oep as a home-based exercise is effective for the reduction of the incidence of falls among senior citizens with a history of falls. the oep can be recommended for elderly homebound people who do not have access to facilities. results the findings of the study showed that oep improved physical performance (berg-balance-score with p > 0.025, and timed-up-go-test with p > 0.017) an...

conclusions osa was associated with depression among the elderly patients. given the high prevalence of osa in older adults, implementation of screening methods is necessary to identify people at high risk of osa. patients and methods a total of 350 home residing elderly took part in this case-control study. the participants were selected using clustering method. all cases were divided into two...

background: modern knee designs have popularized its use in younger patients due to its better performance. there remains uncertainty whether higher demands of these patients can affect implant survivorship.    purpose: to assess whether modern knee designs have provided similar results in patients younger than 70 years versus older patients. methods: we included 203 consecutive patients (236 k...