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Ruth Meinzen-Dick

Ruth Meinzen-Dick is a Senior Research Fellow in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit. She has extensive transdisciplinary research experience in using qualitative and quantitative research methods. Her work focuses on two broad (and sometimes interrelated) areas: how institutions affect how people manage natural resources, and the role of gender in development processes. 

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Factors associated with older persons’ physical health in rural Uganda

2019Maniragaba, Fred; Nzabona, Abel; Asiimwe, John Bosco; Bizimungu, Emmanuel; Mushomi, John; Ntozi, James; Kwagala, Betty
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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 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.

Year published

2019

Authors

Maniragaba, Fred; Nzabona, Abel; Asiimwe, John Bosco; Bizimungu, Emmanuel; Mushomi, John; Ntozi, James; Kwagala, Betty

Citation

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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Uganda

Keywords

Eastern Africa; Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Elderly; Health; Physical Activity; Assets

Language

English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209262 Source record

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Journal Article