| Autor: |
Karim Ayoubi Avaz, Shahriar Parvaneh, Ahmad Ali Akbari Kamrani, William Miller, Pouria Reza Soltani, Setareh Ghahari |
| Jazyk: |
perština |
| Rok vydání: |
2015 |
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| Zdroj: |
Sālmand, Vol 10, Iss 3, Pp 166-173 (2015) |
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Objectives: Social participation is an important aspect of health in ageing. It is also a part of life and akey element in function that improves physical and psychological health in the elderly. Using assistivemobility devices may influence social participation in this population. Current study aimed to comparesocial participation in older adults who use assistive mobility devices with those who do not use assistivedevices in Tehran. Methods & Materials: In this cross-sectional study, older adults with and without assistive mobility deviceswere comprised in their social participation. Seventy-nine old age adults (39 women and 40 men)who were 60 years or older were recruited using convenience sampling method. They completed lifehabit, mini mental state and demographic questionnaires. For analyzing continuous data with normaldistribution, t test and ANOVA were used, while Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests were used forcategorical variables or those with non-normal distribution. Results: The finding indicates that older adults with assistive mobility devices engage less in social participationthan those who do not use these devices (P |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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