Volume 12, Issue 3 (May-June 2013)
Payesh 2013, 12(3): 255-262 |
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Zahra Hajihashemi1 
, Roshanak Vameghi2 , Ali Montazeri3 , Mohammad Reza Sohrabi4 , Ahmad Akbari-Kamrani5
, Roshanak Vameghi2 , Ali Montazeri3 , Mohammad Reza Sohrabi4 , Ahmad Akbari-Kamrani5
1- Department of gerontology, University of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- Children neurologic rehabilitation research center, University of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences, Tehran, Iran
3- Mental Health Research Group, Health Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
4- Community medicine department, Social determinants of health Research center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
5- Social and Mental problems of elderly research center, University of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- Children neurologic rehabilitation research center, University of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences, Tehran, Iran
3- Mental Health Research Group, Health Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
4- Community medicine department, Social determinants of health Research center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
5- Social and Mental problems of elderly research center, University of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract: (5627 Views)
Objective (s): The purpose of this study was to compare quality of life among rural and urban elderly outpatients attending the Imam Sajjad Hospital of Shahryar during 2010-2011.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of a sample of 203 rural and urban elderly outpatients. HRQoL was measured using the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Data were analyzed using student t-test, ANOVA, and regression analysis in order to indicate the major quality of life determinants.
Results: In a step-wise regression analysis gender, age and employment had significant effect on physical functioning. For role physical, education; for bodily pain, education, gender and living area; for general health, gender and employment; for vitality, employment; for social functioning, employment; for role emotional, living area; and for mental health, gender had a significant effect on quality of life.
Conclusion: Overall the findings suggest that the urban and rural environment do not have significant effect on health-related quality of life.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of a sample of 203 rural and urban elderly outpatients. HRQoL was measured using the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Data were analyzed using student t-test, ANOVA, and regression analysis in order to indicate the major quality of life determinants.
Results: In a step-wise regression analysis gender, age and employment had significant effect on physical functioning. For role physical, education; for bodily pain, education, gender and living area; for general health, gender and employment; for vitality, employment; for social functioning, employment; for role emotional, living area; and for mental health, gender had a significant effect on quality of life.
Conclusion: Overall the findings suggest that the urban and rural environment do not have significant effect on health-related quality of life.
type of study: Descriptive |
Accepted: 2012/04/16 | ePublished ahead of print: 2013/05/12 | Published: 2013/05/15
Accepted: 2012/04/16 | ePublished ahead of print: 2013/05/12 | Published: 2013/05/15
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