Tourani, S. and Behzadifar, M. and Martini, M. and Aryankhesal, A. and Taheri Mirghaed, M. and Salemi, M. and Behzadifar, M. and Bragazzi, N.L. (2018) Health-related quality of life among healthy elderly Iranians: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 16 (1).
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Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measurement in elderly people can provide appropriate information for an optimal management of physical/mental conditions. The main objective of the present study was to quantitatively assess the HRQoL among healthy elder Iranian individuals as measured by the Short-Form 36 (SF-36) questionnaire, both overall and at the level of each its single component/domain. Methods: This study was designed as a systematic review and meta-analysis, following the "Preferred Reporting Results of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses" (PRISMA) guidelines. Embase, PubMed/MEDLINE, ISI/Web of Science (WOS), Scopus, and Iranian databases such as MagIran, SID and Irandoc were mined from inception up to 1st September 2017. Also the grey literature (via Google Scholar) was mined. Two reviewers independently screened titles/abstracts, assessed full-text articles, extracted data, and appraised their quality using the "Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology" (STROBE) checklist. Results: Twenty five studies were included. Mean overall HRQoL was 54.92 95%CI 51.50-58.33, lower than the value found by studies done in other countries, especially in those economically developed. The sensitivity analysis indicated stability and reliability of results. Pooled scores of each HRQoL domain/sub-scale of the SF-36 questionnaire ranged from 49.77 (physical role functioning) to 63.02 (social role functioning). Conclusions: HRQoL among healthy elder Iranian individuals is generally low. Health policy-makers should put HRQoL among the elderly as a priority of their agenda, implementing ad hoc programs and providing social, economic and psychological support, as well as increasing the participation of old people in the community life and use their experiences. © 2018 The Author(s).
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| Additional Information: | cited By 1 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | aged; checklist; Embase; female; health care policy; human; human experiment; Iran; Iranian (citizen); male; Medline; meta analysis; observational study; practice guideline; reliability; review; Scopus; sensitivity analysis; Short Form 36; systematic review; Web of Science; aging; developing country; geriatric assessment; Iran; physiology; psychology; quality of life; questionnaire; reproducibility; standards, Aged; Aging; Developing Countries; Geriatric Assessment; Humans; Iran; Quality of Life; Reproducibility of Results; Surveys and Questionnaires |
| Subjects: | WA Public Health |
| Depositing User: | eprints admin |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Dec 2018 10:52 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2019 07:41 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iums.ac.ir/id/eprint/6115 |
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