فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

CONTEXT: Understanding how middle‑aged people perceive healthy aging and what they need to doto stay healthy as they age can help public policy planning to enhance the lifestyles of middle‑agedand elderly people.AIMS: The purpose of this study was to clarify the concept of healthy aging and strategies to achieveit from the perspective of middle‑aged people in Tehran, Iran.SETTING AND DESIGN: This qualitative study was performed on 21 middle‑aged people aged45–59 years of Tehran in 2019.SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The data collection was carried out through semi‑structured andin‑depth interviews; the interviews were audiotaped, transcribed. Sampling was carried out graduallyuntil data saturation through purposive sampling was achieved.STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Data collection and analysis were performed simultaneously.Data were analyzed using conventional content analysis. To establish the reliability and validity offindings, Graneheim and Landman criteria were considered.RESULTS: The middle‑aged perspective on healthy aging was included in four main themes:having good physical and mental health, having financial well‑being, having social support.Strategies for achieving healthy aging were included in five themes: future financial planning,promoting physical health, promoting psychological health, maintaining and improvingcommunication.CONCLUSION: From the middle‑aged perspective, healthy aging and strategies to achieve it aremultidimensional. Planning for promotional interventions to have a healthy old age should be includingall dimensions and done from the years before old age.