The effect of education on self-care of the elderly

The effect of education based on Health Literacy INDEX on self-care ability in elderly people

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20170912036150N1

Enrollment

Registered

2018-05-23

Start date

2018-04-25

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-06-18

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Conditions

self care.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: For intervention group six self-care educational sessions based on health literacy index will be held in the Mahalleh houses for 4 weeks. Each session will be last

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

60 Years to 70 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Being aged 60 to 70 years Having reading and writing skills Not having vision, hearing and cognitive impairments with self-declaration Not having Physical and motor limitation Not a member of the health team The inadequacy of the health literacy level is lower than the 50th by adult health literacy questionnaire HELIA

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Do not want to continue studying Absence in two consecutive sessions Acute physical and psychological problems

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Self care. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study and 8 weeks after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Self-care questionnaire in the elderly.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactHossein Rashki Ghaleh No

Tehran University of Medical Sciences

rashkih@razi.tums.ac.ir+98 21 6105 4208

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 13, 2026