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Introduction and purpose:: Number of patients with chronic renal failure is increasing during the last two centuries and 40% of these patients are elderly. This study aimed to evaluate and compare quality of life between elderly undergone hemodialysis and healthy elders in the city of Ilam.

Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 40 old patients under hemodialysis treatment for at least 6 months and 40 healthy elderly living in the community with no chronic diseases. We used SF-36 questionnaire to measure level of quality of life. Data were analyzed by  SPSS version 20 using t-test and ANOVA.

Findings:Our findings revealed a significant difference (P<0.05)   in the mean score of quality of life among patients under hemodialysis treatment (28.5 ± 5.16) and healthy elders (65.17 ± 11.83). There was a significant (p<0.001) relationship between quality of life and gender as well as income among hemodialysis patients. In contrast, there was only a significant association between quality of life and gender, but not income, among healthy elderly.

Conclusion: According to the findings from this study, level of quality of life among elderly under hemodialysis treatment was low.  Therefore, it would be beneficial to pay more attention toward quality of life among elderly undergoing hemodialysis.

Introduction and purpose:The importance of sleep in health and disease from the time of Hippocrates have been considered. Sleep disorders as a cause of suffering and illness at any age is important. That is why this study is to assess sleep quality in elderly city of Ilam.

Materials and Methods:In this cross-sectional study, 360 elderly city of Ilam two-stage cluster sampling were studied. The instrument used, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), which has proven its reliability and validity in different studies. Data analysis software SPSS version 20 and using statistical t-test (for variables group) and ANOVA (for more than two groups of variables) were analyzed. P<0.05 to analyze all variables were considered significant.

Findings:The results showed that the mean age of the study, 77/21 ± 5/81 years. More elderly subjects (7/59%), has had poor sleep quality. Between sleep quality with age, sex, marital status, living conditions of elderly people with family history and smoking in the hospital there was a significant correlation (P=0.001).

Conclusion: Given that the majority of elderly subjects had poor sleep quality. It is necessary to increase the quality of sleep necessary precautions like preventing smoking and elderly in hospital readmission done. As well as appropriate interventions such as aromatherapy and massage therapy done to improve sleep quality in the elderly.

Introduction and purpose: The present study was conducted to comparatively investigate mental health and happiness among elderly living at home and nursing homes of Kermanshah City in 2016.

Materials and Methods:This is a cross-sectional and casual-comparative study. Two groups of elderly (living at home and at nursing home) were compared in term of mental health and happiness. Simple random sampling method was used to recruit 200 elderly living at home and nursing homes in the city of Kermanshah. Research data were collected through General Health Questionnaire and Oxford Happiness Inventory (OHI). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and t-test.

Findings: Findings showed that there was a significant difference between mental health and happiness of elderly living at home (P<0.01) and those residing at nursing home.  Furthermore, mental health and happiness were higher among elderly living at home compared to nursing home residents.

Conclusion: We found that mental health and happiness of elderly living at home is significantly higher than nursing home residents. It has been shown that nursing home residents experience higher mental disorders, unhappiness and depression more than elderly living at home.

Introduction and purpose: In the process of development, retirement is a stage of beginning for important potential changes in life and this stage effect on quality life of the retirements. So, present study with the aim of investigating prediction of quality of life through locus of control, meaning of life and marital relationships was performed on retirements of Nahanavand of Iran.

Materials and methods: This is a survey study and from correlational type. The population of the present study were all the retirements of Nahavand which based on previous literature 200 of them were selected through random sampling as study sample. Tools were Rotter's Locus of Control Scale (RLCS), Meaning of Life Questionnaire (MLQ), Marital Status Inventory and WHO Quality of Life (WHOQOL-26). Data were analyzed through correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression.

Findings: The results of the study showed significant relationship between dependent and independent variables including: a positive weak relation between locus of control and quality of life, a positive medium relation between search for meaning and quality of life, a positive pretty strong relation between presence of meaning and quality of life and finally a negative pretty strong relation between marital status and quality of life. In addition, the results of regression analysis showed that presence of meaning can predict quality of life positively and marital status which higher scores in it means more disruptions in marital relationship, can predicts quality of life negatively and the other independent variables were excluded because of low Beta coefficients. 

conclusion: Based on study results it could be said that individuals with internal control, feeling purposeful in life and more marital satisfaction can deal with retirement better than others and even they can experience a successful retirement which results in experience higher levels of quality of life.