Population Aging in Iran and Rising Health Care Costs
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This article is published in Iranian Journal of Ageing.The article was published on 2017-09-10 and is currently open access. It has received 34 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Health care & Population ageing.read more
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A Web-based Public Participation GIS for assessing the age-friendliness of cities: A case study in Tehran, Iran
TL;DR: A PPGIS (Public Participation GIS) is designed by means of integrating VGI, GIS and MCDA techniques aiming to evaluate the age-friendliness of cities through integrating certain criteria weights determined by the elderly with VGI collected by regular citizens.
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The prevalence of severe depression in Iranian older adult: a meta-analysis and meta-regression
Nader Salari,Masoud Mohammadi,Aliakbar Vaisi-Raygani,Alireza Abdi,Shamarina Shohaimi,Behnam Khaledi-Paveh,Alireza Daneshkhah,Rostam Jalali +7 more
TL;DR: Considering the high prevalence of severe depression in Iranian older adult, it is necessary for health policy makers to take effective control measures and periodic care for the older adult.
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The Effect of Religion Intervention on Life Satisfaction and Depression in Elderly with Heart Failure
TL;DR: The results showed that there was no significant difference between the mean (SD) of life satisfaction in the experimental group and control group, and it is suggested this program will be educated to these patients by health-care workers.
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The prevalence and predictors of diabetes distress in elderly with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
TL;DR: Investigation in the prevalence of DD and some of its related factors on the elderly living in Qom, Iran found that being female, sedentary lifestyle, and three or more comorbidity are the predictors of DD.
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Projection of mortality attributed to heat and cold; the impact of climate change in a dry region of Iran, Kerman.
TL;DR: The results showed that although low temperatures will contribute to temperature-related mortality in the future, but heat will be a stronger risk factor for mortality, especially if adaptation is low.
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Panel data from time series of cross-sections
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Intertemporal Choice and Inequality
Angus Deaton,Christina Paxson +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the effect of age on consumption and income inequality in the United States, Taiwan, and Great Britain, and found that within-cohort consumption and inequality measures do indeed increase with age in the three economies.
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