Touba Hosseinzadeh, Nastaran Mirfarhadi, Moluk Pouralizadeh, Kian Norouzi Tabrizi, Masoud Fallahi-Khoshknab, Hamid Reza Khankeh, Forozan Shokooh
Psychometric properties of the persian version of the nursing clinical reasoning scale
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global migrant population rise imperative focus health status vulnerable groups within communities elderly immigrants face myriad physical psychosocial challenges significantly impact health quality life study aims investigate nutrition daily life activities clinical frailty status elderly immigrants residing trkiye crosssectional design employed sultanbeyli district focusing syrian immigrants aged 65 participants surveyed facetoface interpreters proficient arabic questionnaire comprised sociodemographic details health status scales like katz daily life activities clinical frailty mini nutritional assessment data analysis executed using spss 22 continuous variables presented mean standard deviation sd median categorical ones expressed numbers percentages significance level p 05 considered analyses average age participants determined 7164 620 years study group 497 female 755 younger 75 years old 477 less primary school education 563 married 424 low income level 569 lived household 5 people among participants study group 47 walking balance problems 291 history falls last year 106 disabled 695 complained pain 828 chronic illness 43 polypharmacy median value katz daily living activities scale 6 mean score clinical frailty score scale 325 125 mean score mini nutritional assessment scale 1240 215 among immigrant elderly individuals 881 able sustain lives independently 139 clinically frail 33 risk malnutrition factors age level education socioeconomic status marital status number cohabitants household bmi neurological problems walkingbalance disorders disability presence chronic diseases associated daily life activities frailty malnutrition status believed broader field research greater participation would beneficial evaluating nutritional status immigrant elderly individuals