Research Center for Health Sciences, Hamadan University of Medical Science. Hamadan, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Science, Hamadan, Islamic Republic of Iran.
East Mediterr Health J. 2019 Jan 23;24(11):1088-1097. doi: 10.26719/2018.24.11.1088.
Ageing is a major known risk factor that is a threat to human health. To date, many studies have investigated quality of life (QOL) among the elderly population in the Islamic Republic of Iran. However, their results were inconsistent.
We designed this systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate the overall mean score of QOL based on the Short Form 36 Health Survey Questionnaire (SF-36) among the Iranian elderly population.
We searched international databases (Medline, Scopus and Science Direct) and national databases (Science In-formation Database, MagIran, IranMedex and Irandoc) up to February 2015. We included all cross-sectional studies that evaluated QOL among the Iranian elderly population using SF-36.
Of 2150 studies identified, 15 were included in the meta-analysis. The mean scores for QOL in the 8 scales were: 47.58, 51.75, 55.42, 55.78, 59.55, 51.54, 47.85 and 51.31 for physical-role, physical function, mental health, bodily pain, social functioning, emotional-role, general health, and vitality, respectively.
Our results indicated that health-related QOL decreased with increasing age. QOL was worse in women than in men, especially in physical-role and general health scales. Elderly people who lived in a nursing home had lower QOL than those who lived in their own home. So, health policy-makers should design comprehensive programmes to improve health-related QOL for the Iranian elderly population.
衰老作为一个主要的已知风险因素，对人类健康构成威胁。迄今为止，许多研究已经调查了伊朗伊斯兰共和国老年人口的生活质量（QOL）。然而，他们的结果并不一致。
我们设计了这项系统评价和荟萃分析，以根据 36 项简短健康调查问卷（SF-36）评估伊朗老年人口的总体 QOL 平均得分。
我们检索了国际数据库（Medline、Scopus 和 Science Direct）和国家数据库（科学信息数据库、MagIran、IranMedex 和 Irandoc），截至 2015 年 2 月。我们纳入了所有使用 SF-36 评估伊朗老年人口 QOL 的横断面研究。
在 2150 项研究中，有 15 项研究纳入荟萃分析。8 个量表的 QOL 平均得分分别为：身体角色 47.58、身体功能 51.75、心理健康 55.42、身体疼痛 55.78、社会功能 59.55、情绪角色 51.54、一般健康 47.85 和活力 51.31。
我们的结果表明，健康相关的 QOL 随年龄增长而下降。女性的 QOL 比男性差，特别是在身体角色和一般健康量表方面。居住在养老院的老年人比居住在自己家中的老年人的 QOL 差。因此，卫生政策制定者应制定全面的计划，以提高伊朗老年人口的健康相关 QOL。
