The effects of sociodemographic factors on quality of life among people aged 50 years or older are not unequivocal: comparing SF-12, WHOQOL-BREF, and …

RJJ Gobbens, R Remmen - Clinical interventions in aging, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Objective The effects of sociodemographic factors on quality of life in older people differ
strongly, possibly due to the fact that different measurement instruments have been used …

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic in Zimbabwe: Quo Vadis?

L Katsidzira, L Gwaunza… - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The trajectory and impact of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa are unclear, but they are seemingly varied between …

Psychometric properties of the Dutch WHOQOL-OLD

RJJ Gobbens, MALM van Assen - Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2016 - Springer
Background To assess the internal consistency reliability and construct validity of the Dutch
version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument-Older Adults Module …

Long-term care for older adults in Africa: Whither now?

A Essuman, FA Agyemang, CC Mate-Kole - Journal of the American …, 2018 - jamda.com
The global population of older persons aged 60 years and older increased from 382 million
(8.6%) in 1980 to 962 million (12.7%) in 2017. It is expected to double by 2050 to nearly 2.1 …

Family and kin care of elders in sub-Saharan Africa

ME Adamek, S Chane, MG Kotecho - Health and care in old age …, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Despite changes in family size and structure over time, families in sub-Saharan Africa will
undoubtedly remain the primary provider of elder care. Yet the growing demand for elder …

[HTML][HTML] Mental distress and incident functional disability among a rural ageing population in South Africa

S Pengpid, K Peltzer - International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives The aim of the study was to investigate the association between mental
symptoms and incident functional disability among middle‐age and older adults in South …

[HTML][HTML] Time-varying lifestyle and mental-ill health risk factors for the longitudinal development of daily activity limitations among middle-aged and older adults in …

D Anantanasuwong, S Pengpid, K Peltzer - Translational Medicine of Aging, 2024 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to assess the longitudinal association between lifestyle factors,
mental ill-health indicators and activities of daily living (ADL) disability among ageing adults …

Impairment in activities of daily living and unmet need for care among older adults: A population-based study from Burkina Faso

B Brinkmann, JI Davies, MD Witham… - The Journals of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives The importance of impairment in performing activities of daily living (ADL) is likely
to increase in sub-Saharan Africa because few care options for affected people exist. This …

Converting functional autonomy measurement system scores of patients post-stroke to FIM scores

G Bravo, CL Richards, H Corriveau… - Physiotherapy …, 2018 - utpjournals.press
Purpose: The Functional Independence Measure (FIM) is widely used to assess persons
post-stroke. The Quebec government has selected the Functional Autonomy Measurement …

PERFIL SOCIODEMOGRÁFICO EO EFEITO DE UM TREINAMENTO DE INCLUSÃO DIGITAL NA QUALIDADE DE VIDA DE PESSOAS IDOSAS: UM ESTUDO PILOTO …

PS Oliveira, DM Batista… - Educere …, 2023 - unipar.openjournalsolutions.com.br
Este estudo teve como objetivo analisar efeitos de um treinamento em tecnologia digital na
qualidade de vida de pessoas idosas, considerando seu perfil sociodemográfico. Trata-se …