Objectives: Adopting healthy life style in elderly is very important. Iranian elderly population is increasing gradually, so identifying influencing factors on their healthy life style promotion is one of the concerns for policy makers in our country. Therefore this study explored elderly viewpoints about influential factors on their healthy life styles. Methods & Materials: This was a quali...

Background: Throughout the life of people, environment can play a crucial role in the process of cognitive, behavioral, and even physical thinking. Thus, the purpose of this study was to identify the focus of attention, loneliness, acceptance and cultural attitude in elderly people located in care centers and independent elderly. Methods: The research method was a causal comparison and the sta...

Objectives: The elderly is raised as an important issue of nations. In our country due to pyramid of the population program ,planning for any service, needs to understanding the real demands of the elderly the study of health problems of elderly was conducted in2009. Methods & Materials: This study was applied the method of cross-sectional study on 1046 people aged 60-69 years rural and urba...

Abstract Background and objectives: Poor oral hygiene in elderly people increases the colonization of opportunistic pathogens such as Candida and Staphylococci. The presence of yeasts and bacteria in the oral cavity of elderly people can be harmful and in certain conditions may cause oral and systemic infections. The general purpose of this study was to determine the oral health status, particu...

Introduction and purpose: Hypertension is an important risk factor for coronary heart diseases and the most common cause of stroke and renal failure in the elderly. This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of hypertension and its associated risk factors in the elderly of Bahar city in the province of Hamadan. Materials and Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study was co...

the aim of this study has been to find answers for the following questions: 1. what is the effect of immediate correction on students pronunciation errors? 2. what would be the effect of teaching the more rgular patterns of english pronunciation? 3. is there any significant difference between the two methods of dealing with pronuciation errore, i. e., correction and the teaching of the regular ...

Background and Objectives: The population of elderly is increasing worldwide. Chronic diseases and disabilities arecommon among elderly. Attitudes of health care providers including nurses on elder people affect the quality and priorities of health and medical care. The aim of this study was to assess the attitudes of nurses working in medical-surgical wards in Zanjan hospitals toward elderly. ...

Introduction: The population of the elderly in Iran is growing rapidly. In the meantime، What is clear، this is That period of aging naturally، It has mental and physical problems. Therefore، mental and physical illnesses in this age group increase the cost of health care exponentially. The Purpose of this research developing an Elderly Leisure-Time Development Model Based on the approach Ment...

Introduction: Elderly people are vulnerable groups in society and the phenomenon of elder abuse is one of the main challenges in caring and protecting the elderly. Objective: The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of abuse and its relationship with life satisfaction in the elderly. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on the elderly referred to h...