Cervical pain is a common condition in the elderly population. It affects the physical health status in persons over 65 years and interferes with their daily activities. Study Aim: Evaluate the efficacy of posture awareness and neck exercise program on reducing cervical pain among elderly patients. Subject & method: Quasi-experimental research design was used. The study was conducted in outpatient clinic of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Department at Assiut University Hospital. The total sample size was 189 elderly. Two tools were used. The 1 st tool: An interview sheet including personal characteristics, medical history and elderly knowledge, the 2nd tool: The Northwick Park Neck Pain scale and jury were done by 3 expertise in erotological nursing. Results: The present study showed that the majority of studied patients aged (60 -< 65) years, with mean age 62.48± 3.43 and there was a highly significant difference between pre and post-program of both isometric neck exercises and good neck posture (p=0.0001). Conclusion:It was concluded that isometric neck exercises and good neck posture are effective in the management of neck pain in elderly population. Recommendation: Implementation of isometric exercise and good neck posture among elderly population should be expanded as a community based intervention.

Background: Keratoplasty is a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor. The study aimed to evaluate the effect of a multidisciplinary education course on the health literacy and satisfaction of patients undergoing keratoplasty. This study was carried out at the Ophthalmology department and outpatient clinics at Assiut University hospital. The sample of the study was a purposive sample of 60 adult and elderly patients (30 study group and 30 for the control group) undergoing corneal transplantation surgery. Tools of data collection included four tools, (1) patient's interview questionnaire sheet, (2) patient's knowledge assessment & observation checklist, (3) health literacy questionnaire, (4) patient satisfaction with nursing care quality questionnaire. The main results of this study revealed the majority of patients in the two groups were diagnosed with keratoconus, performed Full-thickness (penetrating) keratoplasty for optical reasons. There was a highly statistically significant difference between both the study and control of patients regarding health literacy score. Half of the patients in the control group have poor satisfaction level while the majority of the study group patients (83.3%) have a very good satisfaction level post educational course application. There was a positive correlation between patients' knowledge & health literacy and patient satisfaction (P. <0.001). The main recommendation is to establish a patient education center in the ophthalmology department to provide patients with the needed information before performing the keratoplasty.