Evde Yaşayan Genç Yaşlıların İlaç Yönetimi, Ev İçi Düzenlemeleri, Egzersiz Alışkanlıkları Ve Yaşam Kalitesi İle Düşme Risk Düzeylerinin Belirlenmesi: Pilot Çalışma

SEÇİL GÜLHAN GÜNER; NESRİN NURAL; ARZU ERDEN

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Evde Yaşayan Genç Yaşlıların İlaç Yönetimi, Ev İçi Düzenlemeleri, Egzersiz Alışkanlıkları Ve Yaşam Kalitesi İle Düşme Risk Düzeylerinin Belirlenmesi: Pilot Çalışma

Authors:

SEÇİL GÜLHAN GÜNER | NESRİN NURAL | ARZU ERDEN

Publisher:

Izmir Katip Celebi University

Main Topics:

Promotion of health

Journal:

İzmir Katip Çelebi University Faculty of Health Science Journal 2017 Vol.2 Issue 2, pp.13-19

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2017

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000483682

Frequency:

Tri-annual

pISSN:

2458-9799

Abstract:

 


Objective: In this study, it was aimed to determine the risk levels of drug administration,domestic regulation, exercise habits and quality of life and falling levels of communitydwelling young seniors living in Trabzon province. Materials and Method: After obtainingthe necessary permissions for the study, 35 elderly people were included into the study whowere between 65-74 years, matched the research criteria and registered to two determinetedfamily healthcare centers. In the collection of data, Household Characteristics Evaluation Formfor Fall, DENN Fall Risk Assessment Scale, SF-36 Quality of Life Scale and socio-demographicdata form, research form for Drug Use and Data Collection Form for Falling were used. In theevaluation of data SPSS 21.0 package program was used. In the analysis of data; frequency,mean and percentage values were used. Findings: The mean age of elderly people who wereincluded in the study was 69.57 ± 3.50 years. 91.4% of the elderly graduated from secondaryeducation or lower, and 54.3% are unmarried. All of the elderly included in the study hadchronic disease and used medicines. The proportion of the elderly who used one or two drugsper day was 51.4%. In the last year, 51.4% of the elderly never fell, while 22.9% once, 25.7%twice and more. Also, 31.5% of elderly had low falling risk, while 31.4% had moderate risk and%37.1 had high risk of falling. The bathroom and toilet (3.34 ± 1.58) had a high risk of falling inthe house where the elderly live in considering the environmental characteristics of the housein terms of falling. According to the subscales of SF-36 quality of life scale, social functioning(45.71 ± 4.66), physical functioning (50.42 ± 5.13), energy / liveliness / vitality (52.00 ± 2.63),general health perception (52.71 ± 2.83) and mental health ± 2.39) sub-dimension were high.Conclusion: It was determined that approximately half of elderly in the study falled and theirfalling risk were high. Also; it was determined that physical role scores were low and mentalhealth scores were high when analyzed the quality of life of elders. 

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Evde Yaşayan Genç Yaşlıların İlaç Yönetimi, Ev İçi Düzenlemeleri, Egzersiz Alışkanlıkları Ve Yaşam Kalitesi İle Düşme Risk Düzeylerinin Belirlenmesi: Pilot Çalışma

Authors: SEÇİL GÜLHAN GÜNER | NESRİN NURAL | ARZU ERDEN

Publisher: Izmir Katip Celebi University

Main Topics: Promotion of health

Journal: İzmir Katip Çelebi University Faculty of Health Science Journal 2017 Vol.2 Issue 2, pp.13-19

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 7/2017

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2000483682

Frequency: Tri-annual

pISSN: 2458-9799

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Authors:

SEÇİL GÜLHAN GÜNER | NESRİN NURAL | ARZU ERDEN

Publisher:

Izmir Katip Celebi University

Main Topics:

Promotion of health

Journal:

İzmir Katip Çelebi University Faculty of Health Science Journal 2017 Vol.2 Issue 2, pp.13-19

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2017

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000483682

Frequency:

Tri-annual

pISSN:

2458-9799