جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « successful aging » در نشریات گروه « پزشکی »

Following the emergence of population aging phenomenon in the world, “successful aging” as a quality concept has recently attracted the attention of many researchers and policy makers; yet it seems that there is no single and clear definition of it presented in the literature. This study aims to analyze the concept of successful aging.

The study was conducted with Walker and Avant’s 8-step approach. For this purpose, articles meeting the inclusion criteria were selected through searching the SID, Magiran, Noormags, ISI, Pubmed, Scopus and Proquest databases and using the keywords of aging, successful aging and related concepts during the years 2000-2022. Then they were analyzed using Graneheim and Lundman's content analysis method to extract the successful aging concept's applications, characteristics, antecedents and consequences.

The content analysis of 83 selected articles revealed the characteristics of successful aging in the following seven categories: 1) "manageable process", 2) "multi-dimensional and comprehensive", 3) "socio-cultural context-bounded", 4) "enjoyment of physical, psychological and social health", 5) "non-dependence on others", 6) "happiness", and 7) "continuity and active participation in different fields of life".

A comprehensive definition of successful aging was presented using the identified characteristics, antecedents and consequences, which can help to better understand this concept, recognize its various dimensions, and ultimately, plan for its realization.

According to the prediction of WHO and the analysis of demographic statistics, the aging phenomenon is considered one of the upcoming challenges for the Iranian society. Therefore, moving in the direction of successful aging is considered a necessity. Hence, the purpose of this research is to phenomenologically explain the successful aging in men based on their lived experiences. This research was a qualitative study, of descriptive phenomenology type using a thematic analysis technique. The research population included all older men over 60 years old living in Tehran and Karaj, Iran, among whom 18 successful older people were selected as a sample using a purposeful sampling method until theoretical saturation was reached. The data were collected using in-depth and semi-structured interviews, and the seven-step Colaizzi method was used for their analysis. The findings from the interviews were extracted and classified into five main themes (individual characteristics, social characteristics, family characteristics, self-care, and feelings of support) and 21 sub-themes. The results of this research illustrated that the successful older adults possess personal characteristics such as responsibility, commitment, patience, flexibility, sociability, purposefulness, capability and independence. Moreover, they are socially effective, socially accepted and do not feel lonely emotionally, have warm family relationships, are under the financial support of the family, have physical, spiritual, and mental self-care, feel that they are supported by the society and the government, and are also supported economically and in terms of health services. According to the results of the research, it can be concluded that physical, spiritual, mental, and psychological self-care should be taken seriously in order to have a successful aging, and there should be economic, social, and medical support for older people.

Successful aging is the feeling of inner satisfaction and happiness of the person from his/her current and past life. Implementation of this concept in societies requires attention in macro plans and policies. This study, therefore, aimed to study the coverage of the concept of successful aging in the health programs of Iran and selected countries.

In this comparative study, the literature was first reviewed. To this end, the internal websites were searched and the documents and circulars of the Ministry of Health along with the developed and implemented programs regarding the elderly were extracted. Then, the components highlighted in each program were identified. Finally, the elements and components of the coverage of the concept of successful aging in the health programs of Iran was investigated with other selected countries in this field and the existing gaps were compared.

Elements and components of the successful aging in all programs were determined after examining the country's health programs. The sub-components of health promotion, provision of appropriate health services, as well as medical and treatment services were highlighted in most of the country's health program packages; however, the sub-components of disease prevention, long-term care, adherence of the elderly to the application of provided services, social support, education and literacy, income, insurance and social support, as well as employment were not taken into consideration in any of the programs. The health programs of the two countries (i.e., Canada and the United States) out of all other examined countries were highly compatible with the components of successful aging in the framework developed by the World Health Organization.

Since no importance was attached to the components such as prevention of diseases, long-term care, and adherence of the elderly to the application of provided services, it was recommended that the health policy makers should fill the existing gap by following the examples of successful old age programs in the selected countries. Moreover, it was found absolutely necessary to provide components such as social support, education and literacy, insurance and employment, as well as inter-sectoral conflict at the welfare, education, economy, and finance ministerial levels.

This research aims to investigate the components of Rowe and Kahn's successful aging model, encompassing the absence of disease and disability, high cognitive and physical performance, and active participation in life among the elderly population in Tehran in 2020, considering both genders.

This study utilized a survey approach, involving a sample of 637 individuals aged 60 years and above in Tehran. The sample was selected using a multi-stage cluster sampling method from 22 districts of Tehran, considering the elderly population in each district. Confirmatory structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to assess whether Rowe and Kahn's model aligns with the collected data.

The study's findings demonstrated that Rowe and Kahn's model exhibited a strong statistical fit (p<0.01). Factor loadings in the overall population model and among the two genders were statistically significant and varied. Across the three dimensions of successful aging (avoiding disease and disability, maintaining physical and cognitive functioning, and continuing engagement with life), avoiding disease and disability was the most strongly associated with successful aging, regardless of gender. However, in the other two dimensions, the significance and strength of participation in life and physical and cognitive function varied based on gender.

Programs to support the physical health of the elderly, especially in chronic diseases resulting from lifestyle choice should be developed, and increasing active participation should be a priority, which requires interventions in youth and middle age.

Today, one of the goals to improve the quality of life (QoL) of the elderly is to achieve successful aging. This study aims to investigate the determinants of successful aging in Tehran, Iran.

This is a quantitative cross-sectional study. Participants were 637 older people over 60 years of age who were collected using a multi-stage cluster sampling method from 22 districts of Tehran, according to the number of older people in each district. Chi-square test and multiple logistic regression were used for analyze the collected data.

Prevalence of successful aging in Tehran was 19.6%. The results of multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that younger people and non-smokers had a higher chance of successful aging (Odds ratio=1.8 and 1.9, respectively). Those with elementary/secondary education and further and higher education (respectively with 2.9 rand 3.4 odds ratio) and daily exercise (odds ratio=2.4) had also a higher chance of successful aging.

Improving the level of education and improving a healthy lifestyle, including not smoking and doing physical activities, leads to a successful aging, which requires long-term planning and special attention.

Considering that the population aging process has started in Iran, it is obvious that identifying the health status of the elderly and the factors affecting successful aging is the first step to improve their health. Therefore, the aim of this study was to predict successful aging based on lifestyle, spiritual intelligence and self-efficacy. This was a descriptive-correlational research in terms of its method and a basic research in terms of its purpose. The statistical population of this study was consisted of all the elderly living in nursing homes of Tehran, Iran in 2021, the number of whom was estimated to be about 1100 people. The statistical sample was 285 people were selected using cluster sampling method and finally from the collected questionnaires 200 completed questionnaires were analyzed. Zanjari et al.’s Successful aging, King’s spiritual intelligence and Sherer and Maddux’s self-efficacy questionnaires were used to collect information in this study. Pearson’s correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis were used for the data to be analyzed in SPSS-24 software. The result of Pearson’s correlation coefficient indicated that there is significant positive correlation between lifestyle and successful aging (r=0.67), self-efficacy and successful aging (r=0.40), as well as spiritual intelligence and successful aging (r=0.21) and among the component of spiritual intelligence, personal meaning had the highest correlation with successful aging (r=0.67). Moreover, the results of multiple regression analysis indicated that 54% of the changes in successful aging can be interpreted by the predictor variables (P<0.01). According to the results, steps can be taken to improve successful aging through modifying life style, and improving the level of spiritual intelligence and self-efficacy. In conclusion, the elderly should not consider the features and characteristics of aging as their personal weakness, and make changes in their life style by finding a suitable life style for this period, increasing their self–efficacy and improving their spiritual intelligence.
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Successful aging is a positive inner feeling and satisfaction from the past and present life. The subjective meaning of successful aging focuses on the inner dimensions of the aging experience such as happiness, self-fulfillment, emotions, perceived social support, satisfaction, and vitality in life. Perceived or subjective social support refers to individualchr('39')s cognitive evaluation of their relationships, and studying and evaluating perceived social support is closely related to self-assessment of health, and paying attention to its understanding is of utmost importance in health care. One of the variables that effect successful aging, and improves health and quality of life of the elderly, is mental vitality which is somehow tied to the concept of psychological well-being and this concept refers to being positive, full of energy and cheerful. In other words, there is a very close relationship between mental vitality and happiness and social interactions. All of these states are positive and favorable concepts and are therefore associated with positive emotions and mood, which are very important in old age. Today, with the increase in the number of the elderly and the prolongation of life and life expectancy, efforts are being made to identify the components and factors associated with successful aging that guarantee a better quality of life, to provide an accurate sociological picture for proper health planning for the elderly. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine successful aging in the dimensions of perceived social support and mental vitality in the elderly referred to the health centers of Iran University of Medical Sciences in 2020.

This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The research samples included 245 elderly people referring to the health centers of Iran University of Medical Sciences (in Tehran) in 2020 who were selected by continuous sampling method and entered the study after obtaining informed written consent. Data collection tools included Abbreviated Mental Test form (AMT), elderly demographic characteristics form, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support developed by Zimmet, and Mental Vitality questionnaire developed by Ryan & Frederick. The questionnaires were completed in person and by interview (conducted by the researcher) during three months. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency distribution tables and numerical indices) and inferential statistics (independent t-test, variance, Pearson correlation coefficient, and regression) in SPSS 16 at the significance level of p ≤0.05.

The results of the present study showed that the mean age of the elderly was 68.18 ± 6.25 years. In total, (55.5%) of the subjects were women. Most of them were literate with undergraduate and postgraduate education and about (76.5%) were married and over (80%) had social security insurance. More than half of the surveyed elderly (53.4%) considered their current health status better than their peers and (96.8%) stated that they were able to perform their daily tasks and activities independently without the help and supervision of others. (66.8%) of the elderly surveyed considered religion to play a significant role in reducing stress and 51.4% stated that they were very satisfied with their lives. Perceived social support was at a high level for (65.6%) of the studied units. This component was the highest in the family dimension with an average of 22.76 and the lowest in the friends dimension with an average of 16.24 among the dimensions of perceived social support. Also, education at the diploma level with a standard coefficient of -0.261 had the greatest effect on perceived social support. Regarding the mental vitality variable, 76.1% of the studied units were at the average level. The results showed that satisfaction with the insurance situation in terms of coverage of medical expenses with a standard coefficient of 0.232 and poor economic status with a standard coefficient of -0.235 had the highest direct and inverse effect on mental vitality.

Perceived social support and high mental vitality in the elderly can pave the way for achieving a successful aging phenomenon. This concept includes the recognition of various components of successful aging such as perceived social support and mental vitality, longevity, independence in life, and other factors in health and social planning. According to the results, more than half of the studied elderly had high perceived social support, which can be considered as a positive factor affecting successful aging, because perceived social support decreased with age of the participants in this study. Also, perceived social support in the family dimension with the highest average among its dimensions showed the impact and importance of family relationships in successful aging. However, most of the elderly participated in this study were "young seniors" who were between 60 and 75 years old, and therefore it is possible that the high perceived social support in the samples be related to their young age, their independence, and their living with a spouse and family. Also, a significant percentage of the samples in this study had moderate and high mental vitality, which was influenced by their independence and satisfaction and benefiting from the insurance covering medical expenses. A better understanding of the two concepts of perceived social support and mental vitality can be the basis for successful aging-related interventions. It seems that the Holistic Care approach in modern nursing can empower the elderly with lower education and income and those who are single, unmarried, incapable, and independent in carrying out daily activities of life, and with an unfavorable understanding of their health status by performing health interventions, feeling of vitality and having perceived social support, and take an effective step towards achieving successful aging. One of the important goals of this study is to use its results to increase the quality of services and solve existing problems. The researcher hopes that the findings of this study can be useful in improving the goals of healthy, successful, and active aging in society in the following areas. Due to the descriptive cross-sectional nature of this study and the fact that in the studies conducted in the world, perceived support and mental vitality, two components of successful aging are influenced by several factors, it is suggested that future studies evaluate the longitudinal and trend of these two indicators in the elderly to get more accurate results from these two components.

Aging is a critical period of human life and paying attention to the issues and needs of this stage is a social necessity. Research has shown that increasing age leads to a successful decline in aging. It also has a negative effect on quality of life. In addition, chronic diseases, especially diabetes, are the most effective diseases on successful aging. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of diabetes risk factors in patients with diabetes through mediated quality of life using structural equation modeling (SEM).

The method of study is descriptive structural equation modeling. The statistical population included the elderly aged 60 years and older with type 2 diabetes referred to health centers in Shiraz. The sampling method is random stratified sampling. The sample size was estimated at 593 people. After collecting the questionnaires, descriptive statistics, linear regression and structural equation modeling (SEM) using MPLUS software version 8 were used.

In this study, significant relationships between successful aging and age variables were confirmed, but this relationship was not significant with mediated quality of life. Successful physical activity and aging were confirmed both directly and through mediated quality of life. But no significant relationship was observed between fasting blood sugar, smoking and BMI and successful aging mediated by quality of life.

The results of this study showed that with increasing successful old age and quality of life decreases and the fit of the model was confirmed at a moderate level.

Iran will become the oldest country in the foreseeable future according to Iranchr('39')s statistical center report. Improvement of physical activity level between elderly is one of the most effective factors in correcting peoplechr('39')s life style and helps in successful aging. Using the leading countries experience as appropriate pattern could consider as one of the backgrounds of macro planning for elderly physical activity developments. We tried in this survey to extract and conceptualize valuable points that are useful in area of aging crisis management for countrychr('39')s health and sports department future planning.

23 valid and strategic documents and documents of elderly physical activity development planning of successful countries and valid and relevant international organization analyzed Which were uploaded and published in a reputable database between 2001 and 2019; They were crawled by Google Scholar and Google search engines and were validated in reputable databases such as ISI and Scopus or uploaded to government and official websites. Using the qualitative method of content analysis and the network of themes by the method of Brown and Clark (2006) until the theoretical saturation was analyzed. Manually and researcher-centered the Key, organized and basic themes conceptualized during 4 coherent phases of analysis and search for themes for this purpose and finally, their thematic network was drawn.

The results of data codification during three phases and summarization of extracted key themes caused detection of 32 coherent themes and 5 basis themes including basic and structural components, software components, hardware components, social and cultural components and operational components, in addition to thematic network.

It is recommended that, countrychr('39')s health and sports department managers and authorities codify and perform useful strategic and operational plans for encountering to aging crisis and citizen successful aging by using this collection of extracted themes.

Due to the increasing number of aging population in developing countries such as Iran and the role of social capital and successful aging in the aging population, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between social capital and successful aging in the aging population, Iran.

This cross-sectional descriptive study was performed on 402 aging people randomly selected from 6 health centers in the city, 2 aging homes and 3 open centers (medical sciences, education, social security) in 2019-2020 as a research population by stratified sampling. To collect information from the aging demographic information questionnaires, Onyx and Bowen Social Capital Questionnaire, Successful Aging Questionnaire, and aging Cognitive Status Questionnaire (AMT) were used for data collection. Data were analyzed using SPSS-22 software and Pearson correlation, focal tests, and multivariate regression.

The mean of age of the subjects were 68.8 years. The social capital score was correlated with the successful aging, which was positively and moderately correlated (r = 0.662). Nearly 30% of the changes in the scores of the dependent variable of successful aging were influenced by the variables of social capital and marital status, living with relatives, employment, and educational level (r2 =  0.29).

The results of this study confirming the predictive power and impact of social capital on the index of successful elderly in the community are puzzling and relationship was found to be more significant. Social capital as an independent variable significantly affects successful aging as a dependent variable.in other words, social capital has the ability to predict successful aging.in some aspects including physical health, mental health, physical function and cognitive status. This findings could be a good guide for further research focus and for the authorities and practitioners, to achieve successful aging goals.

Successful aging is a positive, inner feeling and satisfaction with the past and present lives. Thus, the study was conducted to determine the predicting factors of the successful aging in a sample of Iranian elderly.

This cross-sectional and descriptive-analytic study was conducted on 291 elderly people in Qazvin in 2018 selected using two-stage cluster sampling method. Data collection was done using the demographic characteristics checklist, successful aging questionnaire and Paloutzian and Ellison Spiritual Health Questionnaire. Data analysis was conducted using descriptive tests (percentage, frequency, central and dispersion indices) and hierarchical regression model.

The sample was 291 elderly with a mean age of 68.3 (6.7). The results indicated that spiritual health of 81.1% of the elderly was strong and most of the elderly had a good level of successful aging and spiritual health was a predictor of successful aging. Regarding the aspects of spiritual health, the existential health has a positive and significant effect on successful aging (B= 0.65, p <0.001). Furthermore, the results showed that employed elderly (B:4.29) compared to housewives (B:-4.25), those with high financial status compared to those with a moderate (B:-3.44) and low (B:-7.332) level, and the elderly with no history of physical (B:-4.55) and mental (B:-2.54) conditions obtained significantly higher scores in successful aging.

the existential aspect of spiritual health is one of the predictors of successful aging. Given the importance and sensitivity of the issues related to the elderly, by interventions focused on spiritual education one can increase the quality of this period and make it richer.

Achieving the goals of successful ageing is considered to be an effective strategy for the promotion  of  health  in  the  elderly. The purpose of present study was to compare the coping strategies and perception of aging in successful and unsuccessful elderly people in Ardabil city.

This study is a causal-comparative study. The statistical population consisted of elderly people in Ardebil who were selected through convenience sampling from 60 elderly people (30 successful elders and 30 unsuccessful elders) and were assessed with Baltes questionnaire for coping strategies (selection, optimization and compensation), and Barkers age perception questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using multivariate analyses of variance and U Mann Whitney test and through SPSS21 statistical software.

The results showed that the successful elderly, as compared to the unsuccessful elderly, reported more favorable copnig strategies (U=244, P<0/002). The results also showed that successful seniors had more perception of aging than compared to unsuccessful elderly people (F= 15/19, P<0/01).

The results of this study showed that successful seniors, compared with unsuccessful elderly people, are more likely to have copnig strategies and perception of aging.

Successful aging is a positive feeling satisfied with the past and present life. Spiritual health is one of the factors that may be associated with successful aging. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between successful aging and spiritual health of the elderly in Tehran city.
This study was a correlational study conducted in 2016. Participants were 112 elderly people in Tehran city, who were selected by multistage cluster sampling. The data were collected by demographic form, Jarel spiritual health and successful aging questionnaire. Data was analyzed using PASW software and through descriptive statistics, independent T test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis.
The results of this study showed that there was a significant correlation between successful aging and spiritual health. Results of the regression analysis for predicting successful aging based on spiritual health showed that spiritual health in relation to others was able to explain 9% of the changes in successful aging.
Successful aging is associated with spiritual health in relationship with others, and those interventions which are focused on education and spirituality can further enrich aging period.

Happiness is one of the most urgent natural and psychological demands of human beings and because of its major impact on the health and development of society, the human’ mind has always been busy about it.Also, successful Aging refers to achieve individual potential and the optimal level of physical ability and social points and through it, the elderly and people enjoying themselves. So, present study was aimed to investigate the state of successful aging in Zahedan city. This is descriptive- survey study. The population of this study were all aged over 60 in Zahedan city that 385 elderly with ages more than 60 were selected by random clustering method. Their happiness condition was examined by Argyle & Lu's (1989) Happiness questionnaire. Kolmogorov–Smirnov tests and Binomial test were used to analyze data. Findings showed that 35% of participants dont have good condition of happiness. Professional System of Health Community can use the results of this study in design and implementation of comprehensive programs to facilitate the promotion of healthy behaviors.

Many of the old age problems result from unhealthy lifestyles in this stage of life. Focusing on successful aging and adopting Health-Promoting Behaviors (HPB) can prevent and decrease aging problems which in turn decreases the financial burden and related costs. This clinical trial study was conducted on 464 elderly people over 60 years who were admitted at Health Houses for 12 months. Participants were selected through a two-stage cluster sampling and were placed in the control and intervention groups (232 participants in each group). The data collection tools included: a demographic checklist, Palmore Facts on Aging Quiz and the second version of Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile. The data were analyzed using the descriptive and analytical tests such as paired T-test and Pearson correlation coefficient. The mean age of the participants in this study was 65.9±3.6 years (range 60-73 yr). Results showed a statistically significant difference between the case and intervention group after the intervention in the mean scores of health promoting behaviors total and subscale and awareness of aging facts. Aging is an inevitable process of life. It can be postponed or its problems can be decreased through focusing on effective educational intervention based on successful aging programs and become a desirable and enjoyable stage

The purpose of this article is to review investigate the relation between religion and religion belief with successful aging (mental health). Depression and anxiety is obvious among age's successful aging and religion is defined. The role of religion in successful aging is showed. The vocabulary of successful aging suggested by ballets and ballets in 1990. Airport divided two tendency of religion that is internal and external. results show that is relation between religion tendency with successful aging. External religion belief with disorder in mental health and depression ad too internal religion belief with mental health and correlation. mental disorder and depression is remarkable in aging house ages that society ages. Studies show that is correlation among age's depression with rang of attitude and efficacy in religion and spirituality.