Factors associated with self-reported ill health among older Ugandans: A cross sectional study

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 231-239

  Wandera, Stephen Ojiambo ^a,b   Golaz, Valerie ^c   Kwagala, Betty ^a   Ntozi, James ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa ^*  (Kenya)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health status; Self rated health; Sub Saharan Africa; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHOLIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UGANDA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSON; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA;

EID: 84938216864     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2015.05.006     Document Type: Article

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