TY - JOUR JF - Avicenna-J-Nurs-Midwifery-Care JO - Avicenna J Nurs Midwifery Care VL - 20 IS - 3 PY - 2012 Y1 - 2012/12/01 TI - Mental Health Condition and Health Promoting Behaviors among Elders in Hamadan TT - بررسی وضعیت سلامت روانی و رفتارهای ارتقاء دهنده سلامتی در سالمندان شهر همدان N2 - Introduction & Objective:It is important to assess mental health in elder people in order to detect any mental health problem among them. The aim of this study was to determine the condition of mental health and health promoting behaviors among elder people in Hamadan. Materials & Methods:This was a cross-sectional study. By multistage sampling method, 400 participants over 60 years old were selected randomly. Data-gathering device was a questionnaire with 2-parts of General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) used to measure mental health condition and a check-list for measuring health promoting behaviors. Descriptive statistics (mean, variance and percentage) and One-way analysis of variance and t-test were used to compare average rate of psychical health in subjects. Results:According to the cut off point of GHQ-28 that was 23, respondents were divided into psychiatrically deranged ones (42%, n = 168) and noncases (58%, n = 232). There was seen a statistically significant difference in mental health condition based on gender, education level, economic status, marriage status and family structure (P SP - 12 EP - 22 AU - M. Barati, Ph.D. student, AU - Y. Fathi, M.Sc., AU - A.R. Soltanian, Ph.D., AU - B. Moeini, Ph.D., AD - KW - Aged / Hamadan / Health promoting behaviors / Mental Health UR - http://nmj.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-1118-en.html ER -