Management of risk factors and heart health indexes in the patients who have been diagnosed with myocardial infarction will result in prevention of secondary myocardial infarction, reduction of postimprovement mortality, increase of life span and improvement of life quality. Patient education has been found to be one of the most fundamental and essential care programs on the basis of identification and control of the patients' health criteria. The study is a quasi-experimental research consisting of two groups. In this study, 112 patients with myocardial infarction who were below the age of 70 were selected randomly and divided into two groups (case group and control group) after being matched based on age and sex. The researcher first measured the health indexes including smoking, cholesterol level, body mass, level of anxiety, and amount of systolic and diastolic blood pressure in patients who have been diagnosed with myocardial infarction for the first time. He performed education program in case group and analyzed the said variables after four months. He also compared the behaviors in the two groups after being educated. The data was analyzed by SPSS software, version 15 (This product is licensed to FeFDBi, ABiComputer, 1337), and the two groups were compared by using appropriate statistical tests. According to the results, after education period, systolic blood pressure of the case group improves compared with control group (P < 0.05/P = 0.022), case group tends to quit smoking more than control group does (P = 0.013), cholesterol level of case group improves compared with control group (P < 0.0001), changes of body mass are more positive in case group compared with control group (P = 0.012), and anxiety of case group reduces compared with control group (P < 0.0001).
Background: Depression and oral health problems are common in the elders. They are often not well-diagnosed and treated properly. Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the prediction role of depressive symptoms on the oral health of elderly people. Methods: In this descriptive-correlation study, 206 elderly people were selected using a stratified random sampling method from Health Centers of Qaemshahr, Iran. Data were collected by questionnaires including the General Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI), The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Cognitive State Test (COST), and the socio-demographic questionnaire. Dental history and cardiovascular risk factors were also documented. Multiple linear regression was used for data analysis. Results: Two hundred six elders were evaluated. Forty-three percent were aged between 65-74 (67.71 ± 7.28), 53% were female. The results of the study showed that over 76% of participants had mild depression. Depression (Beta = 0.17, P = 0.01) and cognitive status (Beta = 0.29, P < 0.001) were predictors of oral health. The predictive power of this model was 24%. Conclusions: Depression and cognitive status were those factors that could predict elders' oral health condition. Any oral health care program for elders would be better to be provided as a package that evaluates elders' cognitive status, depression, and oral health condition.
Introduction: Polypharmacy and cognitive decline are both common problems in the elderly. Objective: To determine the relationship between polypharmacy and cognitive status among elderly with cardiovascular disease. In this cohort study, 120 older people with polypharmacy and the same number non-polypharmacy were selected from Clinics in Sari Heart Center,
The study was aimed to assess mental health of the older adults who did not participate in the three stages of national vaccination program. As a descriptive-analytical study, about 285 Iranian older people were interviewed in 2022. Data collection tools included demographic characteristics, conspiracy scale, superstitious beliefs instrument, and Templer death anxiety. The convenience sampling method was used and data were analyzed using BIM-SPSS version 28. Death anxiety statistically effect on conspiratory and superstitions with scores 0.190 and 0.320 using adjusted Eta squared, respectively and superstitious beliefs effected 81% of conspiracy as well ( p = 0.001). Using ROC analysis, the cutoff points for conspiracy of men and women and final SEM model were extracted too. Interaction of conspiracy illusion, superstitions with death anxiety during the pandemic time among vulnerable groups i.e ageing community can shape a decision line in health policy making.
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