فهرست مطالب vahid borhaninejad

It is in high importance to pay attention to different aspects of health and well-being in the elderly age. So, this study was conducted with the aim of investigating the association between spiritual health and life satisfaction in the elderly hospitalized in Shahrekord hospitals.
In this cross-sectional study, 308 elderly hospitalized in medical internal and surgical wards were enrolled into study by convenience sampling in 2013. The tools of gathering data were Spiritual Well-Being Scale and Life satisfaction Scale questionnaires. After collecting data, they were analyzed using SPSS software and independent t-test and one-way ANOVA tests.
Spiritual health in 51.3% of the elderly was low and the mean score for spiritual health was 86.16±18.61. Spiritual health was significantly associated with marital status, age, and number of children (P≤0.001). Life satisfaction was high (slightly satisfied, satisfied and very satisfied) in 63.9% of the elderly with mean score of 20.80±5.8 Life satisfaction was associated with demographic characteristics such as gender (P=0.002), social status (P=0.001), and number of children (P=0.001). There was a positive, significant association between spiritual health and life satisfaction (P≤0.001).
Over half of the elderly reported their spiritual health in low level, but most of them had a high level of life satisfaction. Therefore, it seems necessary to conduct religious interventions to promote spiritual health in hospitalized elderly.

Family Physician program is one of the most important programs in the health sector of Iran. Since satisfaction can affect the efficacy, quantity and quality of health services, the present study was designed to determine the satisfaction rate of service recipients in Kerman from Family Physician program. This cross-sectional study was performed on 370 individuals in the rural districts of Kerman where family physician program had been implemented. Multistage clustering method was applied for sampling and data collection was done using a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and statistical tests such as Chi- square, t- test and one way ANOVA. The mean age of participants was 36.3 ±10.1 years. Satisfaction was favorable in 18.72%, relatively favorable in 60.85% and unfavorable in 20.43%. Satisfaction showed a significant relationship with marital status and level of education; that is, maximum satisfaction was observed in married subjects and minimum in those with university degrees. But satisfaction had no significant relationship with age or gender. In general, the level of satisfaction among recipients of family physician program was relatively favorable; of course, along with the raising expectations of people, maintaining the present status and even improving this service is necessary.