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Background:
During middle age, a lot of changes happen in all physical, mental, social, and family aspects of women that may greatly affect the development of diseases and mortality risk.
Jundishapur Journal of Chronic Disease Care
The Official Journal of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences
e-ISSN 2322-4207
p-ISSN 2322-3758
Prevalence of Chronic Diseases in Middle-Aged Women
Authors
1Nursing and Midwifery College, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran
2Health College, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz , IR Iran
*Corresponding Author: Nursing and Midwifery College, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran. Tel: +98-9122001751/+98-6113738477, Poorandokhtbarzin@yahoo.com. Email: Poorandokhtbarzin@yahoo.com
Published online:Oct 19, 2014
Article type:Research Article
Received:Apr 27, 2014
Accepted:Jun 13, 2014
How to Cite:Afshari P, Barzin P, Najar S, Haghighizade M. Prevalence of Chronic Diseases in Middle-Aged Women. Jundishapur J Chronic Dis Care. 2014;3(4):23347. doi: https://doi.org/10.17795/jjcdc-23347
Abstract
Objectives:
This research was conducted to determine the extent of chronic diseases in middle-aged women visiting healthcare treatment centers in Ahvaz.
Materials and Methods:
This was a descriptive research study carried on 1266 women of 45-64 years old who were selected using the multistage sampling method. The necessary information was collected through a self-designed questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS V21. Descriptive statistics, t test, and analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed at 95% level of confidence.
Results:
Results showed that 46.8% of these women had one or more chronic diseases as follows: hypertension 12.5%, diabetes mellitus 7.5%, diabetes mellitus with heart diseases or high blood pressure 8.8%, heart diseases 5.8%, heart diseases together with high blood pressure 3.5%, and other diseases 8.7%. The effect of age, number of children, death of husband, occupation, ability to look after oneself, and do housework independently, degree of education, economic status (P < 0.001), age at marriage, and ethnicity (P = 0.001), on chronic diseases were significant.
Conclusions:
Considering our results and high prevalence of chronic diseases, especially high blood pressure and diabetes mellitus, in middle-aged women, greater attention must be paid to the screening and monitoring programs of these chronic diseases.
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