Iranian Research Centre on Aging, The University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences (USWR) Tehran, Iran Reza Fadayevatan Vida Alizad Ali Asgari 1
Current status of older people population in Iran and Tehran EASY-Care in Iran (Undertaken, On-going & Up-coming programs) Comparison of Independence in Iranian and Portuguese Older People
Total number of population: 75,149,669 Number of older people population: 6,159,676 Percentage of older people: 8.19% 3
: Tehran Total number of population : 8,244,759 Number of older people: 783,252 Percentage of older people: 9,5% 4
EASY-Care, Mission To improve the life of older people through better assessment and response to their health and care needs.
Biography & Reason for Assessment Seeing, Hearing & Communicating Looking After Yourself Mobility Safety Accommodation & Finance Staying Healthy Mental Health and Well-Being Other Information
Research Network Europe Belgium Czech Republic England Finland France Germany Greece Italy Latvia Lithuania Netherlands Poland Portugal Russia Scotland Sweden Switzerland Turkey
Research Network Australia Brazil Canada Colombia Hong Kong Iran Malaysia Taiwan USA The University of Sheffield
Signing the contract with The University of Sheffield to start the work (2008) Preparatory work (2009); Set up a research team, budget, team members, professions empowerment etc. Training course at The University of Warwick and Turkey PhD student on Easy Care
1. Psychometric properties of Farsi version of the EASY-Care instrument 1. Psychometric properties of the EASY- Care standard instrument as a global instrument.
Independence concept can de developed through: Comparison of different cultures Associated factors 12
Objectives 1. To understand similarities and differences of independence in Iran and Portugal to contribute: WHO programming to develop international health plans EASY-Care international network to develop EASY-Care standard 13
2. Globalization of Independence construct 14
3. To explore older people who are more frail 4. To consider demographic and cultural differences in care planning 15
Type of study: Exploratory study Setting: community dwelling older people and residential (male and female) living in Tehran (Iran) and Aveiro (Portugal)
Sampling: The participants recruited through a random sampling, non probability, sample of convenience, only consented participants Sample size: 779 (319 Iranian and 460 Portuguese older people)
Measures A demographic page EASY-Care Independence Score 18 items Score ranged 0-100. Higher score indicates more independence 18
Data Collection Receiving ethical approval Training practitioners Administrating participants individually 19
Data Analysis 1. Item analysis based on nonparametric methods 2. Factorial analysis of variance 20
Item analysis To compare items mean rank of Iran and Portugal(Table 2) Mean items that are more 21
Total score analysis Countries & sex: 2 2 design (Figure 1) Countries & Education: 2 4 design (Figure2) Countries & Living Arrangement: 2 5 design (Figure 3) Countries & Marital Status: 2 4 design (Figure 4) 22
26.1 25.6 25.7 2.80 23
29.1 27.3 27.4 24.8 22.5 20.9 20.4 18.4 24
29.0 29.1 30.0 26.2 22.0 23.41 24.2 19.8 20.3 19.0 25
28.1 23.8 25.2 24.2 22.5 26.4 20.1 20.6 26
Independence is a concept related to culture and independence EASY-care is a valuable tool for exploring relationships between independence, culture and demographics 27
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