About
Professional SummaryDr. Vahid Rashedi, an Assistant Professor at the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences in Tehran, specializes in Gerontology with a Ph.D. earned in 2017. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s in Rehabilitation Sciences and is a member of the Gerontological Society of America and the American Psychological Association. Since 2019, he’s been a GBD Collaborator with IHME at the UW.
Education
Academic Background-
Ph.D. University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Science, Iran Gerontology | Completed: 2017
Publications (66)
Selected Scholarly Contributions
Psychometric evaluation of the Persian PRISMA-7 for disability screening among older adults in Iran
2026
The Silent Casualties: Older People, War, and the Geopolitics of Mental Health
2026
Life satisfaction in later life: the role of economic security, health, and religious belief among urban Iranian older adults
2026
Psychometric evaluation of the Persian version of the mild behavioral impairment checklist (MBI-C) among the older population
2026
Older Parents of Missing-in-Action Martyrs: A Grounded Theory of Incomplete Grief
2026
Evaluating Financial Capacity and Its Influencing Factors Among Older Adults: A Hospital-Based Study
2026
Aging without Shelter: Lived Consequences of Homelessness Among Older Adults in Tehran, Iran
2026
Study Protocol of Implementation and Evaluation of Aging Home Modification Intervention Program (AhMIP) for Iranian Community-Dwelling Older Adults
2025
2025
The association between oral health and mild cognitive impairment among Iranian older adults: A cross-sectional study from Ardakan Cohort Study on Aging (ACSA)
2025
Validity and reliability of the Persian version of Alzheimer's disease-related quality of life (P-ADRQL) questionnaire among older Iranian adults
2025
Understanding frailty in aging: a multidimensional perspective from Northern Iran
2025
The Intersection of sleep disturbance and suicidal behavior among older Adults: A systematic review
2025
Multidimensional Capital and Resilience in Later Life: Insights from Iranian Older Adults
2025
Quality of life and psychological distress in older adults with hearing loss attending outpatient clinics
2025
Associations of Objective and Subjective Physical Function With Quality of Life and Well‐Being: A Cross‐Sectional Study From Ardakan Cohort Study on Aging (ACSA)
2025
Dementia prevalence among hospitalized older patients: a multicenter study in Iran
2024
Death Anxiety and Related Factors Among Older Adults in Iran: Findings From a National Study
2024
2023
Frailty syndrome in women with osteoporosis, should physicians consider screening? A cross-sectional study
2023
Perceived burden of dementia care, clinical, psychological and demographic characteristics of patients and primary caregivers in Iran.
Vahid Rashedi
2022
Pragmatic skills in children with hearing loss: Comparison between cochlear implants and hearing aids users.
Vahid Rashedi
2022
Medication adherence and drug attitude amongst male patients with the methamphetamine-induced psychotic disorder after discharge: A three months follow up study.
Vahid Rashedi
2022
Indicators of drug-related community impacts of open drug scenes: A scoping review.
Vahid Rashedi
2022
The Persian Version of the Quick Mild Cognitive Impairment Screen (Qmci-Pr): Psychometric Properties among Middle-Aged and Older Iranian Adults
2021
Urban mental health initiative: Developing interdisciplinary collaboration, the role of the family physician in management of severe mentally ill patients.
Vahid Rashedi
2021
The determinants of social capital among Iranian older adults: An ecological study.
Vahid Rashedi
2021
Social support, happiness, and self-rated health among older adults: A population-based study.
Vahid Rashedi
2021
Psychometric properties of the Persian Montreal cognitive assessment in mild cognitive impairment and alzheimer disease.
Vahid Rashedi
2021
Psychological effect of media use on mental health of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vahid Rashedi
2021
Physical activity and musculoskeletal disorders among Iranian older adults.
Vahid Rashedi
2021
Mastery motivation in Iranian parents and their children: A comparison study of their views.
Vahid Rashedi
2021
Hearing loss prevalence and years lived with disability, 1990-2019: Findings from the global burden of disease study 2019.
Vahid Rashedi
2021
2020
COVID-19 pandemic: Opportunity to advanced home care for older adults.
Vahid Rashedi
2020
Validity and reliability of the Persian version of "drug-related knowledge and attitude questionnaire" among Iranian medical students.
Vahid Rashedi
2020
The relationship between spiritual well-being and care burden in unofficial caregivers of elderly patients with dementia.
Vahid Rashedi
2020
Simultaneous exposure to noise and carbon monoxide increases the risk of alzheimer's disease: A literature review.
Vahid Rashedi
2020
Prediction of hope, physical health, and mental health by mediating variable of religious spiritual well-being in elderly.
Vahid Rashedi
2020
Estimating global injuries morbidity and mortality: Methods and data used in the global burden of disease 2017 study.
Vahid Rashedi
2020
Early detection of cognitive disturbances in mild cognitive impairment: A systematic review of observational studies.
Vahid Rashedi
2020
Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (hale), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950-2019: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2019.
Vahid Rashedi
2020
Neuropathic Pain Prevalence of Older Adults in an Urban Area of Iran: A Population-Based Study
2019
What has Iran achieved in under-five mortality in terms of equity and efficiency in the past decades?
Vahid Rashedi
2019
Validity and reliability of the Persian version of internet sex screening test in Iranian medical students.
Vahid Rashedi
2019
Validity and reliability of the Persian version of general practitioner assessment of cognition (P-GPCOG).
Vahid Rashedi
2019
Validity and reliability of the informant questionnaire on cognitive decline in the elderly (IQCODE).
Vahid Rashedi
2019
The importance of cognitive flexibility and flexibility in coping with stress for the quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease patients during biological therapy. A preliminary report.
Vahid Rashedi
2019
Risk factors for fall in elderly with diabetes mellitus type 2.
Vahid Rashedi
2019
Relationship between oral health and demographic characteristics in retired elderly people in Iran.
Vahid Rashedi
2019
Prevalence of elder abuse and associated factors among community-dwelling older adults in Iran.
Vahid Rashedi
2019
Prevalence of dementia among older patients: A hospital-based study in Iran.
Vahid Rashedi
2019
Prevalence of and demographic factors associated with domestic violence among Iranian older adults: The results of Urban HEART-2.
Vahid Rashedi
2019
2018
Spoken and written narrative in Persian-speaking students who received cochlear implant and/or hearing aid.
Vahid Rashedi
2018
Psychometric properties of the Persian adaptation of mini-cog test in Iranian older adults.
Vahid Rashedi
2018
Changes in vascular structure in diabetic patients after 8 weeks aerobic physical exercise: A randomized controlled trial.
Vahid Rashedi
2018
Validity and reliability of abbreviated mental test score (AMTS) among older Iranian.
Vahid Rashedi
2017
Working memory span in Persian-speaking children with speech sound disorders and normal speech development.
Vahid Rashedi
2017
Prevalence of diabetes type 2 in older adults: Findings from a large population-based survey in Tehran, Iran (Urban HEART-2).
Vahid Rashedi
2017
Mental health and pain in older adults: Findings from urban HEART-2.
Vahid Rashedi
2017
Effect(s) of language tasks on severity of disfluencies in preschool children with stuttering.
Vahid Rashedi
2017
2016
Validity and reliability of the depression in old age scale (DIA-S) in Iranian older adults.
Vahid Rashedi
2016
Risk factors and clinical aspects of delirium in elderly hospitalized patients in Iran.
Vahid Rashedi
2016
Reading skills in Persian deaf children with cochlear implants and hearing aids.
Vahid Rashedi
2016