ABSTRACT
Background: The ever-growing elderly population of Iran and their physical and mental consequences put emphasis on the necessity of determining the quality of life [QoL] in this social group. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to estimate the mean score of QoL in Iranian elderly citizens
Methods: Twenty-one articles that were indexed in Iranian [MagIran and Iran Medex] and international [Scientific Information Database, Google Scholars, Science Direct, PubMed, ProQuest, Scopus] databases were selected. The articles have used the Short Form Health Survey [SF-36] to measure QoL in Iranian elderly. The collected data were analyzed using a random effects model, while heterogeneity of the studies was measured by I2 index. The data analysis was performed by STATA
Results: The sample size of the 21 articles was 5318 and the mean score of QoL in the healthy and sick elderly citizens was 53.8 [CI 95%: 49.4-58.2] and 50.6 [CI 95%: 38.4-62.9] respectively. In addition, there was no significant relationship between the score of QoL and the year of publication of the articles. [P=0.748]
Conclusion: Given that QoL of the studied elderly was almost at an average level, there is a need to codify and implement comprehensive programs through effective training programs toward improving QoL of the elderly
ABSTRACT
Background: Obesity is a chronic disease and a public health problem that is introduced as an important risk factor for catching obstructive sleep apnea [OSA] in some studies. The present study was done to investigate the relationship between obesity and OSA in depressed elderly patients
Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from 2014 to 2015 on 175 depressed elderly patients referred to health centers of Saqqez, using clustering and available sampling in saqqez. Demographic form, Geriatric Depression Scale [GDS] and Berlin Questionnaire were used to gather the data. Data were analyzed by SPSS [version 18] using descriptive statistics, Kolmogorov Smirinov, Mann Whitney- U, Chi-square and Exact Fischer tests. P- value less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant
Results: 175 elderly depressed patients with mean age [+/- standard deviation] of 69.42+/-8 years were studied. 106 peoples [60.6%] were at high risk for OSA. There was a significant relationship between OSA and obesity [P<0.05]. The odds ratio for obesity in OSA people was 2.2 compared to those without OSA [OR: 2.2; 95%CI: 1.2-4.2; p <0.05]
Conclusion: There is relationship between body mass index and OSA in depressed elderly patients