en تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Introduction:</strong> Quality of life and dependency are two important issues in elderly population. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the elderly psychoeducation on their quality of life and dependency in a day care center in Iran.<br> &nbsp;<br> <strong>Methods:</strong> A pre-post interventional design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of a psychoeducation program on a convenient sample of 130 elderlies with randomized control group. Intervention procedure included a healthcare package which contained healthy lifestyle education, memory telling sessions, physical education, prayer meetings, art workshops and arranging excursions, all of which was delivered within 3 months. Quality of life short form (SF-12) and Lawton index of &nbsp;instumental activities of daily living (IADL) were assessed at baseline, after one month and three months later by a trained research coordinator. Covariance analysis was used to examine the effectiveness of the elderly psychoeducation on their psychophysical quality of life and their IADL status.<br> &nbsp;<br> <strong>Results:</strong> The mean score of physical quality of life at pretest in the experimental group was 35.70 <span dir="RTL">&nbsp;&plusmn;</span>8.80. These score,were 38.53 <span dir="RTL">&plusmn;</span> 8.32 and 39.27 <span dir="RTL">&plusmn;</span> 7.80 in the first and second posttestrespectively. In terms of psychological quality of life, the mean of pretest score in the experimental group was 41.59 <span dir="RTL">&plusmn;</span> 9.47. It was 43.26 <span dir="RTL">&plusmn;</span> 9.09 and 47.19 <span dir="RTL">&plusmn;</span> 8.98 in the first and second post<span dir="RTL">-</span>test but in the control group the mean had decreased. The mean score of IADL in pretest for the experimental group was 9.98 <span dir="RTL">&plusmn;</span> 2.56 in the post-test it was 10.49 <span dir="RTL">&plusmn;</span> 2.31and 10.69 <span dir="RTL">&plusmn;</span> 2.34 in the first and second post-test, respectively.<br> &nbsp;<br> <strong>Conclusion</strong>: These results suggest that psychoeducation for elderlies had a significant positive effect on psycho-physical quality of life and dependency. Therfore, &nbsp;psychoeducation can be helpful in day care centers.</span></span></div> Elderly, Psychoeducation, Quality of Life, Dependency 107 112 http://ehj.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-71-11&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Ahmad Abooee No Welfare Organization of Yazd, Yazd, Iran Robab Sahaf No Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran Ahmad Ali Akbari Kamrani No Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mohammad Hasan Lotfi No Department of Biostatics & Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Fatemeh Heidari No Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran Nazila Shahmansouri Yes Department of Psychiatry, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran