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Journal of Gerontology joge 2476-7301 2476-7301 10.22034/joge 2016 1 2 A Aghayari R Afroundeh afroundeh@gmail.com P Saeidi Azad Introduction: Different factors such as decrease in physical activity led to decrease in balance and flexibility of various muscles in older adults. However, having good balance and flexibility as a health-related fitness factors in the elderly is particularly important.  Method: This research was semi-experimental and its statistical population was 60-70 years old inactive elderly women who spent their free time at parks, cultural centers and other recreational places in Hamedan. The research’s samples included 30 elderly women who were randomly divided into two control and experimental groups. Control group (15 individuals) performed their daily activities, and experimental group performed 45 minutes aerobic exercise with moderate-intensity, such as jogging or walking with exercise intensity of 60% of maximum heart rate for 6 weeks, 3 sessions per week. To measure static balance, Sharpand Romberg test was used, and to measure dynamic balance, balance beam with 4.5 meter length 10 cm width and 10 cm height was used. To measure flexibility, the flexibility ducts was used. To compare pre-test and post-test of dependent variables, paired t-test was used and to compare post-test between two groups, independent t-test was used.   Results: The findings showed that in experimental group that performed 6 weeks of aerobic exercise such as walking or running with exercise intensity of 60% of maximum heart rate, there was a significant difference between pre-test and post-test in static balance (p=0.001), dynamic balance (p=0.000) and flexibility (p=0.000).However this difference for three variables in control group was not significant (p>0.05). Conclusion: It can be concluded that elderly women can improve their balance and flexibility with walking or jogging. Static balance Dynamic balance Flexibility Aerobic exercise Elderly woman. 2016 12 01 1 9 http://joge.ir/article-1-96-en.pdf 10.18869/acadpub.joge.1.2.1

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Journal of Gerontology joge 2476-7301 2476-7301 10.22034/joge 2016 1 2 A Hosseini A Mjdy ab.ho1991@gmail.com GH Hassani Introduction: Today increased life expectancy is not merely a sign of development, but life quality of the elderly and the role of social factors in its promotion should be also taken into account. This study is intended to investigate the role of social support on the quality of life of the elderly in the city of Mashhad. Method: In this study a survey method was adopted and the data were collected by questionnaire. Accordingly, the quality of life was measured by F36 standard questionnaire and social support was assessed by Philips standard questionnaire. The population consisted of all senior citizens over 65 years in mashhad and a sample size of 265 subjects was selected. A combination of stratified cluster samplings method were used for this purpose and data were selected from 9 neighborhoods in the city of Mashhad in the year 2014. Moreover, data analysis was conducted using SPSS 16 software, regression tests, Pearson correlation and mean comparison. Results: The mean score of quality of life for the elderly was 52.64 with the subscale of social functioning scoring higher than other subscales. Also, the average total score for social support was 49.65 with the subscale of emotional support (mean score= 64.87) obtaining the highest score. The results of mean comparison indicated a significant association between two variables of quality of life and gender so that male elderly had a significantly higher quality of life compared to their female counterpart (P =0.000). Also, there was a significant difference only in physical dimension of quality of life (P=0.000) with men displaying better physical quality of life compared to women. There was no significant relationship between general social support and gender. Among the dimensions of social support, there was a significant difference between men and women in terms of information support (P=0.000). Finally, social support and its dimensions had a significant effect on the quality of life of the elderly so that they explained 35% of variation in the quality of life. In this regard, emotional support had the greatest effect on the life quality of the elderly. Conclusion: Emotional support had the dramatic effect on the quality of life of older adults, but it should be noted that because of special social, economic and physical status, they also require other types of support such as instrumental and informational support Social support Quality of life Elderly Mashhad. 2016 12 01 10 18 http://joge.ir/article-1-97-en.pdf 10.18869/acadpub.joge.1.2.10

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Journal of Gerontology joge 2476-7301 2476-7301 10.22034/joge 2016 1 2 F Nikdel fnikdel@yu.ac.ir M Arabzadeh N Ghazanfari Introduction: Elderly’s quality of life can be easily threatened by different factors. Therefore, it is crucial to have enough information about elderly’s quality of life and its influencing factors so that actions could be taken to improve their quality of life. Therfore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between Memory Self-efficacy and Hope with Quality of Life in older adults. Method: The present research is a Functional and cross-sectional study. For this purpose, the sample of the research is included 120 elderly adults who older than 60, selected with convenience sampling method. The participants completed the Lipad Quality of Life questionnaire, Memory  Self-Efficacy Questionnaire and Snyder Hope Scale. To conduct the necessary descriptive and inferential statistical operations, SPSS (Version 19) was used. Mean, standard deviation and Pearson correlation coefficient were utilized to analyze the data in the descriptive statistics section, and in inferential statistics section, simultaneous multiple regressions were used to predict quality of life. Results: The results show that quality of life has a positive and meaningful relationship with Memory Self-efficacy (P<0/01, r= 0/29) and hope (P<0/01, r=0/34) in elderly adults. Also, the memory self-efficacy and hope can be explained 13% of variance quality of life in elderly. Conclusion: Self-efficacy and hope is an important factor for maintaining quality of life in the elderly. Therefore, understanding the memory self-efficacy and hope and strengthen these factors, can be an effective method to enhance the quality of life of elderly people. Memory Self-efficacy Hope Quality of Life Older Adults. 2016 12 01 19 26 http://joge.ir/article-1-98-en.pdf 10.18869/acadpub.joge.1.2.19

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Journal of Gerontology joge 2476-7301 2476-7301 10.22034/joge 2016 1 2 ME Bandboni F Ramezani Pakpour Langeroudi A Ramezani ramezani-a@razi.tums.ac.ir Introduction: Journal Citation Reports (JCR) and  Scimago are two international journals' assessment data bases, that help the researchers to select the appropriate journals for publishing their papers. The aim of this study is the compare of Impact Factor of geriatrics journals those ranked in JCR, with SJR those ranked in SCImago since 2012 to 2014. Method: This descriptive correlation study was done by Scientometrc survey. The sources of data collection were all ranking reports of geriatrics scientific journals from Thomson Reuters (JCR) and Scopus (SCImago). The sample size was 161 geriatrics scientific journals  ranked in JCR and in SCImago. Results: 49 title of geriatrics scientific journals in JCR and 112 titles in SCImago were ranked. 38 journals were ranked by this tow international journals' assessment data bases. There was significant positive correlation between impact factor value and SJR of geriatric journals those indexed in Thomson Reuters and Scopus. (p<0/05). Conclusion: Researchers in field of geriatrics can use two databases to select the appropriate journals. Geriatric Bibliometric Journal Ranking Scopus Web of Science 2016 12 01 27 35 http://joge.ir/article-1-99-en.pdf 10.18869/acadpub.joge.1.2.27

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Journal of Gerontology joge 2476-7301 2476-7301 10.22034/joge 2016 1 2 M Sarmadiyan msarmadiyan2013@gmail.com D Khorshidi Introduction: Metabolic syndrome is associated with over weight and obesity, and is also known as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type II diabetes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of 10 weeks of combined training on body composition, lipid profile and indicators of metabolic syndrome in overweight and obese postmenopausal women.                                                                                           Method: Twenty four overweight and obese postmenopausal women with a mean age of 54.6±3.9 years were randomly divided into experimental (n=14) and control (n=10) groups. Subjects of experimental group were performed 10 weeks of training including aerobic exercise (2 sessions per week with 65-75% MHR) and resistance exercise (2 sessions per week with 55-65% 1RM). Weight, BMI, percent body fat, TG, TC, HDL-C, LDL-C, glucose, insulin, insulin resistance and blood pressure were measured at beginning and after training. Data were analyzed using analysis of covariance and umann - whitney tests.                                                                                                                                         Results: After training, no significant differences were found in body composition variables, TG, TC, HDL-C, LDL-C, glucose, insulin, insulin resistance and blood pressure between two groups.                                                                                                  Conclusion: The results showed that ten weeks of combined training with moderate intensity has no significant effect on body composition, lipids levels and indicators of metabolic syndrome in overweight and obese postmenopausal women. This may be due to inadequate intensity and duration of training for favorable changes in measured variables. Metabolic Syndrome Combined training Postmenopausal Women. 2016 12 01 36 44 http://joge.ir/article-1-100-en.pdf 10.18869/acadpub.joge.1.2.36

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Journal of Gerontology joge 2476-7301 2476-7301 10.22034/joge 2016 1 2 H Mohammadlo H Kargarbarzi kargar_hamid25@yahoo.com M Khanbani P AminiYeganeh Introduction: Retirement and old age often creates a symmetry time together and bring some changes in the mental and physical aspects including marital satisfaction, family functioning and the spouse’s perception of sacrificing behavior. The present study aims to explore the relationship between the perception of spouse’s sacrificing behavior and family functioning and marital satisfaction in the elderly retired nurses of Tehran. Method: In this descriptive correlational study, 218 people were selected by multistage cluster sampling out of all elderly retired nurses of Tehran. Data were collected by using Sacrifice Measure Figuerres, Family Assessment Device Epstein & et al, and Marital Satisfaction Haynes questionnaires. Data were analyzed by the software SPSS version 19 and Pearson correlation test as well as regression analysis. Results: The study suggests a significant positive relationship between the perception of spouse’s sacrificing behavior and family functioning and marital satisfaction as well as between the family functioning and the perception of spouse’s sacrificing behavior (P<0.001). The regression analysis revealed that the perception of spouse’s sacrificing behavior and family functioning may predict the marital satisfaction. Conclusion: These results emphasize that the spouse’s perception of sacrificing behavior and family functioning leads to increased marital satisfaction in the elderly retired nurses. Retired Nurses Marital Satisfaction Sacrificing Behavior Elderly Family Functioning. 2016 12 01 45 53 http://joge.ir/article-1-101-en.pdf 10.18869/acadpub.joge.1.2.45

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Journal of Gerontology joge 2476-7301 2476-7301 10.22034/joge 2016 1 2 F Bastami A Salahshoori Aidin_salhshoori@yahoo.com F Shirani A Mohtashami N Sharafkhani Introduction: The relevant risk factors of depression among the elderly must be identified in order to design an appropriate interventional program to prevent depression among them. Therefore, this study tried to have a comprehensive look to identify depression risk factors among the elderly through systematic reviewing of original researches in this area. Method: Article abstracts were systematically searched from Pub Med, Elsevier, Scopus, PsycINFO data bases and related English articles were reviewed from 1992 to 2015 with keywords such as Elderly or Older, Old, Aged, Late-life and Adults in combination with  Risk factor, Affective, etiology, predictor, determinant ,mood and  Depression. According to the  determined criteria’s, 21 article  of  the  66 articles  were selected in this study and  the relationship between  risk factors and symptoms of depression were summarized and compared. Results: Based on the results of descriptive- analytical studies: factors of demographic characteristics, lifestyle,  psychological and physiological variables were predicted Depression in the elderly. The results of interventional studies were indicated in the reducing depression: regular physical activity and appropriate diet were Reduced the level of depression. As well as results of a study showed that treatment through  reviewing  his/her life is effective in reducing severity depression in the Elderly women. Conclusion: social support is the most important protective factor Against depression in elderly. As well as regarding the obtained contradictions in the reviewed study results in order to determine the role of Metabolic syndrome in the elderly depression needs more comprehensive research in this area. Risk factors Depression Elderly people. 2016 12 01 54 65 http://joge.ir/article-1-102-en.pdf 10.18869/acadpub.joge.1.2.54

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Journal of Gerontology joge 2476-7301 2476-7301 10.22034/joge 2016 1 2 A Nadri A.M Safania A.M.safania@gmail.com A.M Amritash Introduction: Despite the importance of exercise and physical activity on the health of elderly, the amount o physical activity (exercise) among this vulnerable class of society is declining. This study was conducted with the aim of identifying the determinants of the implementation of physical activities in the older adults in Tehran. Method: This Study was a qualitative design and carried out using Grounded theory methodology. Data was collected via semi-structured in-depth interviews and field notes. Data collection was conducted in the year 2015. Thirty elderly and 10 sport experts were interviewed were interviewed. Analyzing of the data was carried out with the Corbin and Strauss (2008) approach. Results: Concepts of the study were identified using micro and macro analysis. In during of data analysis, 350 free codes related to elderly' physical activity were extracted and classified into three categories, 200 of which were assigned to barrios and 150 to motivators. These categories were environmental factors, interpersonal factors, and intrapersonal factors. Conclusion: Compared to quantitative studies, this study managed to identify the determinants of the implementation of physical activities in elderly in a better and deeper way. By identifying the motivators and barriers to the implementation of physical activity in elderly, those in charge of providing sports services to the elderly can facilitate elderly ' participation in physical activities by exploiting the motivators and removing the barriers and improve the physical and mental health of the elderly because of this increased participation. Motivators Barriers Grounded theory Elderly Sports 2016 12 01 66 79 http://joge.ir/article-1-108-en.pdf 10.18869/acadpub.joge.1.2.66