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:: Volume 3, Issue 2 (July 2015) ::
Iran J Health Educ Health Promot 2015, 3(2): 141-149 Back to browse issues page
The Relationship Between Social Interest and General Health Among Elderly Non-Resident and Resident at Geriatric Centers of Ardabil City
Akbar Atadokht * , Roghayeh Zare , Narges Karamati Topraghloo
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Background and objective: Due to the increase of elderly population, the general health of elderly is one of the most important socioeconomic and health challenges in the 21st century. This paper aimed to study the relationship between social interest and general health of elderly non-resident and resident at geriatric centers.
Methods: The research method was descriptive-correlation and its statistical population were all male and female elderly resident and nonresident at geriatric centers living in Ardabil city in 2014. 56 resident elderly were selected by random sampling and 53 non-resident were selected with purposive sampling method. Data were gathered using General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) and Sulliman Scal of Social Interest (SSSI). Data were analyzed by Chi-Square, ANOVA, Pearson Correlation Coefficient, and multiple regression analysis through SPSS16 (p<0.05).
Results: There was a negative relationship between elderly social interest and their general health syndroms and elderly social interest explain 62-87% of general health in elderly resident and 78-86% of non-resident elderly’s genaral health (p<0.001). The results also indicated that the residents’ anxiety were lower than non-residents and the non-residents social dysfunction were higher than residents (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The identification and reinforcement of elderly’s social interest can be used by professionals, elderly and their family as an effective intervention in order to prevention and promotion of geriatrics general health.
 Paper Type: Research Article.
Keywords: Elderly, General health, Geriatric centers, Social interest, Ardabil
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Received: 2015/02/14 | Accepted: 2015/07/31
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Atadokht A, Zare R, Karamati Topraghloo N. The Relationship Between Social Interest and General Health Among Elderly Non-Resident and Resident at Geriatric Centers of Ardabil City. Iran J Health Educ Health Promot 2015; 3 (2) :141-149
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فصلنامه آموزش بهداشت و ارتقاء سلامت ایران Iranian Journal of Health Education and Health Promotion
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