Gender differences in cognitive impairment and mobility disability in old age: A cross-sectional study in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 311-318

  Onadja, Yentéma ^a   Atchessi, Nicole ^b   Soura, Bassiahi Abdramane ^c   Rossier, Clémentine ^c,d   Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Burkina Faso; Cognitive impairment; Gender differences; Mobility disability; Ouagadougou

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; FRANCE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGING; BURKINA FASO; COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; GENDER DIFFERENCES; MOBILITY DISABILITY; OUAGADOUGOU;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BURKINA FASO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84881663251     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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