Ghassemzadeh Roya, Nasseh Homa, Arastoo Ali Asghar, Kamali Mohammad, Rahimi Foroushani Abbas, Arzaghi Masoud
Department of Rehabilitation Management, School of Rehabilitation, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Acta Med Iran. 2013 May 7;51(4):254-9.
Research and planning to improve the quality of life for elderly seems to be essential, as the population of this age group has shown an increasing trend. Any chronic disease including diabetes has an impact on lifestyle of the patient. The objective of this study was to compare the quality of life between two groups of elderly diabetic patients who were residence of home as well as nursing home. A descriptive-analytical random study was conducted during 2010-2011 on two groups of 93 elderly diabetic patients, who were living in Kahrizak nursing home of Tehran (Iran), and home residents as well by interview for their demographical information and one standard questionnaire provided by world health organization. SPSS 16 was employed for data analysis. Significant differences were found in physical, psychological and social domains between two groups (P<0.05). In physical and social domains the elderly diabetic patients of nursing home had a higher mean score but in psychological domain the result was in contrast. Regarding the difference between scores in two studied groups it is necessary to study the weak points of each group individually and try to resolve the problems.
随着老年人群体呈现出增长趋势，开展旨在提高老年人生活质量的研究与规划似乎至关重要。包括糖尿病在内的任何慢性疾病都会对患者的生活方式产生影响。本研究的目的是比较两组老年糖尿病患者的生活质量，这两组患者分别居住在家中和养老院。2010年至2011年期间，对两组共93名老年糖尿病患者进行了一项描述性分析随机研究，这些患者居住在德黑兰（伊朗）的卡里扎克养老院以及家中，通过访谈获取他们的人口统计学信息，并使用世界卫生组织提供的一份标准问卷。采用SPSS 16进行数据分析。两组在身体、心理和社会领域存在显著差异（P<0.05）。在身体和社会领域，养老院的老年糖尿病患者平均得分较高，但在心理领域结果则相反。鉴于两个研究组得分之间的差异，有必要分别研究每组的薄弱环节并努力解决问题。
