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| Title |
Health-related quality of life among healthy elderly Iranians: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature
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| Published in |
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, January 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12955-018-0845-7 |
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| Authors |
Sogand Tourani, Masoud Behzadifar, Mariano Martini, Aidin Aryankhesal, Masood Taheri Mirghaed, Morteza Salemi, Meysam Behzadifar, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi |
| Abstract |
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measurement in elderly people can provide appropriate information for an optimal management of physical/mental conditions. The main objective of the present study was to quantitatively assess the HRQoL among healthy elder Iranian individuals as measured by the Short-Form 36 (SF-36) questionnaire, both overall and at the level of each its single component/domain. This study was designed as a systematic review and meta-analysis, following the "Preferred Reporting Results of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses" (PRISMA) guidelines. Embase, PubMed/MEDLINE, ISI/Web of Science (WOS), Scopus, and Iranian databases such as MagIran, SID and Irandoc were mined from inception up to 1st September 2017. Also the grey literature (via Google Scholar) was mined. Two reviewers independently screened titles/abstracts, assessed full-text articles, extracted data, and appraised their quality using the "Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology" (STROBE) checklist. Twenty five studies were included. Mean overall HRQoL was 54.92 [95%CI 51.50-58.33], lower than the value found by studies done in other countries, especially in those economically developed. The sensitivity analysis indicated stability and reliability of results. Pooled scores of each HRQoL domain/sub-scale of the SF-36 questionnaire ranged from 49.77 (physical role functioning) to 63.02 (social role functioning). HRQoL among healthy elder Iranian individuals is generally low. Health policy-makers should put HRQoL among the elderly as a priority of their agenda, implementing ad hoc programs and providing social, economic and psychological support, as well as increasing the participation of old people in the community life and use their experiences. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 141 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 27 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 11% |
| Researcher | 11 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 8% |
| Lecturer | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 22 | 16% |
| Unknown | 46 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 30 | 21% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 26 | 18% |
| Psychology | 8 | 6% |
| Sports and Recreations | 5 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 7% |
| Unknown | 57 | 40% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 January 2018.
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#3,964,652
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#397
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#87,846
of 441,922 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
#19
of 57 outputs
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