Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2018 Dec;47(12):1899-1905.

Self-care Ability of Older People Living in Urban Areas of Northwestern Iran

Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi  1   2   3 , Mehrdad Amir Behghadami  2   3   4 , Mohammad Saadati  5 , Ulrika Söderhamn  6
Affiliations

Self-care Ability of Older People Living in Urban Areas of Northwestern Iran

Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi et al. Iran J Public Health. 2018 Dec.

Abstract

Background: Self-care ability was considered as a mechanism to improve the quality of life and reducing the high costs of medical services for elder people. Iran is experiencing increased elder people and healthy aging is one of the challenges. This study aimed to investigate self-care ability of elder people in Shahid Chamran and Dr. Shadpour health complexes, Tabriz- Iran.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study done in 2015. "The Self-care Ability Scale for the Elderly (SASE)" valid and reliable questionnaire (Persian version) was used for data collection. Totally, 220 samples were selected using G-Power 3.1.5 software. Sampling was conducted through systematic random method. Data were analyzed using SPSS 21 software. Descriptive statistics and independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis test and Kolmogorov-Smirnov test were used.

Results: The mean of self-care ability in elder people was calculated as 56.69± 15.07 (out of 100). 96.8% of participating elderlies, had poor self-care ability. Significant relations were found between elder people self-care ability and their educational level, life status, employment status, and marital status (P<0.05). However, gender, income source, and insurance status had no relations with self-care ability of the elder people (P>0.05).

Conclusion: Self-care ability of elder people in Tabriz was at weak level. Regarding, health providers must employ the programs to promote older people self-care ability including improving self-esteem, receiving family help, improved nutrition and mental health improving elderly's quality of life.

Keywords: Elderly; Health complexes; Iran; Self-care ability.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests.

References

    1. Mohammadi Farahnaz, Dabbaghi Fateme, Nikravesh Mansure. (2008). Facilitator and barriers factors in family caregiving process of Iranian frail elderly: qualitative study. Iran J Nurs, 21:55–65.
    1. Sahebzamani M, Mehrabiyan F, Asgharzadeh A. (2009). Determine the Satisfaction Level of Services which are given to Elderly in Rasht Disabled and Elderly Residential. J Guilan Uni Med Sci, 17:34–41.
    1. Esmaili Shirazi M. (2000). Social Psychology for Elderly. 1st ed Shiraz: Shiraz University Publisher:21–32.
    1. Shahbazzadegan B, Farmanbar R, Ghanbari A, et al. (2008). The effect of regular exercise on self-esteem in elderly residents in nursing homes. J Ardabil Univ Med Sci, 8:387–393.
    1. Schofield I, Heath H. (1999). Healthy Ageing: Nursing Older People. Amsterdam: Elsevier Health Sciences. Accessed November, 10:2010.

LinkOut - more resources