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      Evaluation of Quality of Life and Safety of Seniors in Golestan Province, Iran

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          This study evaluated the criteria for quality of life (QoL) using standardized short-form health survey with only 36 questions (SF-36; Version 2.0) and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) questionnaires to study the relationship between QoL and living conditions of seniors in Golestan province in Iran. This was an analytical cross-sectional study with descriptive and analytical parts. The population was individuals above 65 years of age in Golestan province in Iran. The sample size was calculated based on the correlation coefficient; a correlation of .2 or greater was considered statistically significant at 80% for the power of the test at the 95% confidence level. The data on QoL of seniors were collected by interview and observation using the CPSC questionnaire for nursing homes and the SF-36 for QoL health indicators. The reliability of the CPSC questionnaire was estimated using Cronbach’s alpha with a coefficient of .838. The SF-36 questionnaire was validated with Cronbach’s alpha with a coefficient of .95. Chi-square and logistic regression were used to interpret the probability of abnormal QoL between levels of independent predictors. The percentage of seniors in overall poor health as a binary outcome was 43.5, and the percentage of unsafe conditions was 49.8.

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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Gerontol Geriatr Med
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Gerontol Geriatr Med
                Journal ID (publisher-id): GGM
                Journal ID (hwp): spggm
                Title: Gerontology and geriatric medicine
                Publisher: SAGE Publications (Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA )
                ISSN (Electronic): 2333-7214
                Publication date (Electronic): 14 August 2015
                Publication date Collection: Jan-Dec 2015
                Volume: 1
                Electronic Location Identifier: 2333721415599702
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
                [2 ]Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
                Author notes
                [*]Fereshteh Farzianpour, Associate Professor, Health Care Management, Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Email: farzianp@ 123456sina.tums.ac.ir
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                Publisher ID: 10.1177_2333721415599702
                DOI: 10.1177/2333721415599702
                PMC ID: 5119879
                SO-VID: 31c6ef48-084a-4d38-baf0-c6c2ec1a74bb
                Copyright © © The Author(s) 2015
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                This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License ( http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page ( https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).

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                cover-date January-December 2015

                Keywords: evaluation,quality of life indicator,senior safety,questionnaire,sf-36,cpsc,golestan province,iran
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