Maryam Tajvar|Mohammad Arab|Ali Montazeri
Determinants of health-related quality of life in elderly in Tehran, Iran
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine|Tehran University of Medical Sciences|Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research
iran started experience population ageing important consider address elderly peoples needs concerns might direct impacts wellbeing quality life researches different aspects life elderly population iran including healthrelated quality life purpose study measure healthrelated quality life hrqol elderly iranians identify determinant factorsthis crosssectional survey random sample community residents tehran aged 65 years old hrqol measured using short health survey sf36 study participants interviewed homes univariate analysis performed group comparison logistic regression analysis conducted predict quality life determinantsin 400 elderly iranian interviewed majority participants men 565 almost half participants illiterate n 199 498 eightyfive percent elderly living family relatives 70 married 12 participants evaluated economic status good people moderate poor economic status mean scores sf36 subscales ranged 700 sd 259 physical functioning 535 sd 291 bodily pain general respondents significantly showed better condition mental component sf36 physical component mean scores 638 versus 550 performing univariate analysis found women reported significantly poorer hrqol multiple logistic regression analysis showed physical component summary score sf36 age gender education economic status significant determinants poorer physical healthrelated quality life mental component summary score gender economic status significant determinants poorer mental healthrelated quality life analysis suggested elderly peoples economic status significant predictor hrqolthe study findings although small number participants indicate elderly people living tehran iran suffer relatively poor hrqol particularly elderly women lower education indeed improve quality life among elderly iranians much attention paid aspects life including health economic status