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The Effect of an Educational Intervention Based on the PRECEDE Model on Quality of Life Improvement in the Elderly Afiliated With Tehran Culture House for the Aged- 2009
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Habibeh Matin *   , Mohammad Eshagh Afkari , Mohammad Hosein Taghdisi |
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Abstract: (13878 Views) |
| Background: The population of the aged [people] is
increasing in all parts of the world even in developing
countries. The increase of the number of the aged has created
an international trend to increase the quality of life for them.
The purpose of performing this project is to study the impact
of educational interference based on PRECEDE model in
promoting the quality of l ife for t he aged.
Methods: This semi-empirical research was performed on
54 aged people who were under the coverage of Tehran
Cultural House for the Aged in 2009. The aged people were
put in two groups of test and control by using the method
of continuous sampling. For educational sampling, the
designed questionnaire based on PRECEDE model under
the name of PRECEDE model and based on the components
of PRECEDE theory were used. In order to assess the quality
of life, the questionnaire of the quality of life standard of the
World Health Organization (WHO) was used and the quality
of life of the aged people in two groups before and after
one month from the educational interference was evaluated.
Results: The average total score of the components of
PRECEDE model including predisposing factors (awareness
and attitude), enabling factor (skills), reinforcing factors
(personal satisfaction and encouragement by companions),
behavioral factors (healthy behaviors) in the test group changed
as compared with the control group w ith a p l ess than 0.05.
Consequently, opposite to the group control, the quality of
life of the aged people of test group showed a meaningful
difference before and after educational interference with a p
quality less than 0.05.
Conclusion: It seems it will be possible to increase the
quality of life of the aged with educational interference
through PRECEDE model. |
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| Keywords: Aged people, PRECEDE Model, Quality of life |
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Type of Study: Research |
Received: 2013/02/23 | Accepted: 2013/06/14
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