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Reza Beiranvand, Shabnam Shokoohi, Mehran Babanejad, Meysam Behzadifar, Ali Delpisheh,
Volume 21, Issue 6 (12-2013)
Abstract
Introduction: The most prevalent cases related to death in elderly is non-communicable disease such as coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and stroke, which most of them are preventable. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of physical and mental disorders in elderly people in Ilam.
Materials & Methods: In a cross-sectional study, using cluster sampling a sample of 1012 participants from Ilam province was recruited. Data was collected with using a questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS version 17 and parametric and non-parametric tests.
Findings: The mean body mass index, was 25.72 4.48 kg/m2, of them, more than half (55.2 %) were either overweight or obese. The most prevalent physical and mental disorders were history of arthritis72.8%)), blood pressure (53.0%), vision problem (49.8%), history of infectious disease (43.9%), sleep disorder (40.1%), heart disease(36.1%), urinary disorders (30.6%), history of mental illness(24.6%), respiratory disorders (22.5%), diabetes (14.8%) and stroke (12.6%) respectively. Falling from height with 18% was the most important accident in our study sample.
Discussion & Conclusion: Physical problems in elderly people of Ilam province are moderately similar to other reports across the country. The main difference was due to low socioeconomic status resulting from lower income in these areas.
M Babanejad, T Pourkaramkhan, A Delpisheh, A Khorshidi, K Asadollahi , K Sayehmiri ,
Volume 22, Issue 5 (10-2014)
Abstract
Introduction: Mental disorders play an important role in suicide occurrenceso that more than 90 percent of suicide victims are suffering from a mental disorder at the time of death. The present study aimed to det-ermine the epidemiological aspects of suicide due tomentaldisordersin Ilam pro-vince.
Material &Methods: Through a cross-sec-tional study, all records of suicide events either completed or attempts (n=5188) were investigated in Ilam province during 1993 to 2009. A Chi-square and multiple logistic regressions analysis was adopted to estim-ate the role of risk factors associated with suicide events due to mental disorders.
Findings: In overall, 27.5% of suicides oc-curred due to mental disorders. The highest frequency of suicides due to mental dis-orders belonged to males (29.3%), indi-viduals with and over 30 years old (33.2%), attempted suicide (28.3%), the year 1996(44%) and the decade of 1990s (30.3%). The risk of suicide due to mental disorders was estimated to be (OR=0.85, CI=0.74-0.97) for females, (OR=2.42, CI= 1.79-3.26) for the year 1996, (OR=0.79, CI= 0.67-0.93) for completed suicide and (OR=0.82, 0.66-1.01) for the age group of 25 to 29 years old.
Discussion &Conclusion: It is required to train people at risk including attempted su-icides among males
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