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Table 2 Association between ADL with self-reported health (SRH) and quality of life (QoL) in South Africa

From: Self-reported activities of daily living, health and quality of life among older adults in South Africa and Uganda: a cross sectional study

 

SRH

QoL

Overall

Men

Women

Overall

Men

Women

Age (50–59)

60–69

0.913

0.964

0.873

0.765

0.710

0.883

[0.639,1.306]

[0.630,1.475]

[0.578,1.320]

[0.414,1.413]

[0.172,2.941]

[0.588,1.325]

70–79

0.598*

0.616

0.440**

0.567**

0.726

0.454***

[0.382,0.937]

[0.371,1.022]

[0.248,0.780]

[0.402,0.799]

[0.423,1.247]

[0.287,0.719]

80+

0.850

0.542

0.475**

0.709

0.449

0.453**

[0.379,1.908]

[0.280,1.047]

[0.295,0.764]

[0.358,1.405]

[0.188,1.076]

[0.253,0.813]

Sex (Male)

Female

1.225

  

1.042

  

[0.821,1.828]

  

[0.715,1.519]

  

Currently married (No)

Yes

2.620***

1.927**

1.052

1.470

1.545

1.061

[1.647,4.168]

[1.274,2.915]

[0.721,1.534]

[0.837,2.582]

[0.761,3.134]

[0.565,1.992]

Religion (Christian)

Islam/Other

1.334

0.564*

1.031

1.165

0.538

1.026

[0.827,2.151]

[0.325,0.978]

[0.581,1.829]

[0.534,2.541]

[0.188,1.540]

[0.575,1.832]

Smokes (No)

Yes

1.078

0.883

0.942

0.901

0.882

0.688

[0.747,1.555]

[0.588,1.325]

[0.609,1.459]

[0.630,1.287]

[0.553,1.407]

[0.0363,13.01]

Alcohol (No)

Yes

0.926

1.063

1.135

0.444

0.548

0.742

[0.612,1.402]

[0.682,1.658]

[0.697,1.847]

[0.0148,13.31]

[0.204,1.472]

[0.370,1.489]

Living condition (Satisfactory)

Neutral

1.006

0.294***

0.254***

1.519

0.765

0.930

[0.700,1.445]

[0.186,0.464]

[0.153,0.422]

[0.0772,29.91]

[0.414,1.413]

[0.0103,83.84]

Not satisfactory

1.441

0.818

0.492*

1.075

0.596

0.455*

[0.898,2.313]

[0.490,1.365]

[0.271,0.894]

[0.711,1.626]

[0.310,1.145]

[0.214,0.967]

Sleep problem (None)

Mild/Moderate

0.571**

0.864

0.419***

0.127***

0.191

0.0993***

[0.404,0.806]

[0.572,1.303]

[0.274,0.642]

[0.0486,0.330]

[0.0383,1.504]

[0.0291,0.339]

Severe/Extreme

0.490**

1.114

0.488*

0.591*

0.900

0.378**

[0.304,0.790]

[0.601,2.065]

[0.279,0.853]

[0.378,0.924]

[0.489,1.656]

[0.192,0.745]

Multimorbidity (0)

1

1

1

   

1

0.723

1.087

0.756

0.734

0.712

0.742

[0.511,1.023]

[0.741,1.595]

[0.480,1.191]

[0.519,1.038]

[0.406,1.250]

[0.470,1.171]

> 1

0.866

1.435

0.889

0.884

0.961

0.869

[0.509,1.475]

[0.846,2.435]

[0.566,1.397]

[0.519,1.504]

[0.378,2.445]

[0.450,1.678]

ADL

1–3

0.273***

0.774

0.129***

0.263**

0.490

0.972

[0.147,0.506]

[0.553,1.084]

[0.0697,0.240]

[0.0981,0.705]

[0.203,1.181]

[0.415,2.277]

4–6

0.586**

0.121***

0.468

0.856

0.488***

0.251***

[0.420,0.817]

[0.0532,0.276]

[0.0233,9.398]

[0.463,1.581]

[0.338,0.705]

[0.169,0.374]

> 6

0.477***

0.331***

0.820

0.404

0.609**

0.129***

[0.313,0.727]

[0.245,0.448]

[0.455,1.476]

[0.156,1.050]

[0.424,0.874]

[0.0697,0.240]

  1. Exponentiated coefficients; 95% confidence intervals in brackets
  2. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001
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