Factors associated with older persons’ physical health in rural Uganda

The proportion of older persons in developing countries is increasing with no clear evidence of improvement in physical health. The aim of this paper was to examine the factors associated with older persons’ physical health in rural Uganda. This paper is based on a cross-sectional study of 912 older...

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Autores principales: Maniragaba, Fred, Nzabona, Abel, Asiimwe, John Bosco, Bizimungu, Emmanuel, Mushomi, John, Ntozi, James, Kwagala, Betty
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146925
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author Maniragaba, Fred
Nzabona, Abel
Asiimwe, John Bosco
Bizimungu, Emmanuel
Mushomi, John
Ntozi, James
Kwagala, Betty
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Bizimungu, Emmanuel
Kwagala, Betty
Maniragaba, Fred
Mushomi, John
Ntozi, James
Nzabona, Abel
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Nzabona, Abel
Asiimwe, John Bosco
Bizimungu, Emmanuel
Mushomi, John
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description The proportion of older persons in developing countries is increasing with no clear evidence of improvement in physical health. The aim of this paper was to examine the factors associated with older persons’ physical health in rural Uganda. This paper is based on a cross-sectional study of 912 older persons age 60 years and older across four major regions of Uganda. The study was conceptualized basing on World Health Organization quality of life BREF (WHOQOL-BREF). Analysis was done at three levels, that is, frequency distributions were generated to describe background characteristics of respondents and cross-tabulations were done to determine associations between dependent and each of the independent variables. Ordinal logistic regression was used to determine the predictors of physical health.
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spelling CGSpace1469252025-12-08T10:06:44Z Factors associated with older persons’ physical health in rural Uganda Maniragaba, Fred Nzabona, Abel Asiimwe, John Bosco Bizimungu, Emmanuel Mushomi, John Ntozi, James Kwagala, Betty elderly health physical activity assets The proportion of older persons in developing countries is increasing with no clear evidence of improvement in physical health. The aim of this paper was to examine the factors associated with older persons’ physical health in rural Uganda. This paper is based on a cross-sectional study of 912 older persons age 60 years and older across four major regions of Uganda. The study was conceptualized basing on World Health Organization quality of life BREF (WHOQOL-BREF). Analysis was done at three levels, that is, frequency distributions were generated to describe background characteristics of respondents and cross-tabulations were done to determine associations between dependent and each of the independent variables. Ordinal logistic regression was used to determine the predictors of physical health. 2019-01-24 2024-06-21T09:09:38Z 2024-06-21T09:09:38Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146925 en Open Access Public Library of Science Maniragaba, Fred; Nzabona, Abel; Asiimwe, John Bosco; Bizimungu, Emmanuel; Mushomi, John; Ntozi, James; and Kwagala, Betty. 2019. Factors associated with older persons’ physical health in rural Uganda. PLoS ONE 14(1): e0209262. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209262
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Mushomi, John
Ntozi, James
Kwagala, Betty
Factors associated with older persons’ physical health in rural Uganda
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