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Food Security Status of Elders and Its Related Factors in Arak in 2012
L Fallah Tafti, Email: Mozaffari.kh@gmail.com H Mozafari Khosravi, A Najarzadeh, H Falahzadeh,
Volume 14, Issue 5 (1-2016)
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Abstract

Introduction: Today, increased life expectancy, reduced mortality rates, and improved health conditions caused to an increase in number of elderly people, as one of the vulnerable groups in the society. On the other hand, food security is one of the necessary prerequisites for the health of the elderly people. Therefore, the present study intended to investigate the food security status of the elderly people as well as its related factors.

Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2012 consisting of 300 elderly people of Arak city. The study data were collected through FaCPS-FSSM food security questionnaire validated for the elderly via conducting interviews. In order to analyze the study data, SPSS software was utilized applying Chi square test, independent t–test, Pearson's correlation and regression.

Results: The results of the present study revealed that 39.3% of the elderly people had a full food security, 29 % reported food insecurity without hunger, 20.7% showed moderate food insecurity and 11% had severe food insecurity. Moreover, a significant relationship was detected between education level, occupation, marital status, body mass index, disease and household dimension with the food security (p <%5).

Conclusions: Considering that close to 60.7% of the studied elderly revealed some degree of food insecurity as well as the various factors significantly associated with this problem in the present study, this problem in this level of vulnerable population demonds to be attended more than ever.


Effect of a Course of selected Cawthorne-Cooksey and Frankel Exercises on balance, Coordination and walking speed of Elderly men with Dementia.
Ma Sayede Saeedeh Hosseini, Dr Amin Azimkhani, Dr Ladan Hosseini Abrishami,
Volume 22, Issue 6 (2-2024)
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Introduction: Aging is a period during which the physiological structures and functions of the body gradually decrease and a person experiences a significant decrease in various skills. This study aimed to compare the effect of a selected CawtorneCooksey and Frankel’s exercise course on some physical and movement factors of elderly men with dementia.
Method: This research, semi-experimental and  includes 24 elderly men with dementia, living in Tawheed Golamgan Elderly Care Center of Mashhad, purposefully  based on Examination (MMSE), in to two groups ,  divided. The experimental group performed the selected exercises of Cawtorne Cooksey and Frankel, the control group did not perform any specific exercises during this period. Fullerton test was used to evaluate balance, tandem gate test was used to evaluate coordination, 10-meter walking test was used for walking speed.  used to evaluate the effectiveness of the exercises, and covariance analysis and T at the significance level of P≤0/05 were used.
Results: The results of the paired t-test illustrated that   of the Fullerton advanced balance test (P=0.001), movement coordination (P=0/001), and walking speed (P=0/001) of the experimental group improved after the exercise program, while  did not show improvement in the control group. the results of the analysis of covariance in the pre-test stage did not mark a significant difference between the groups, but in the post-test stage, the scores of the experimental group increased significantly.
Conclusion: It is recommended to use the benefits of these exercises in order to prevent dementia and include in the elderly care programs.


 
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