Disability Assessments in Tehranian Elderly, 2007

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to assess disability among older persons, 60 years old or older, helping policy makers and program planners concerned elderly issues to provide proper services. Methods & Materials: The study included 600participants were chosen in a systemic classified cluster using 36-Item Interviewer Administered, without day codes version of world health organization disability schedule II (WHODAS II). It was assessed by comparing the converted points of the initial five scale points into one hundred scale points as the algorithm method presented by the WHO. Data analyzed by SPSS 11.5 with Chi- square, Mann- Whitney and Kruskal- Walis tests. Results: Mean score of disability among older persons was 33.3(SD=25.9), men 33.0(SD=28.1) and women 33.6(SD=23.8). There was no significant difference on mean scores between men and women (P>0.05), but there was significant difference between age groups (P