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Table 3 Association between ADL with self-reported health (SRH) and quality of life (QoL) in Uganda

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

0.862

0.930

1.023

0.921

1.412

0.753

[0.487,1.523]

[0.402,2.150]

[0.411,2.546]

[0.553,1.536]

[0.580,3.437]

[0.379,1.497]

70–79

0.604*

0.471

0.692

0.508*

0.273***

1.047

[0.370,0.985]

[0.208,1.064]

[0.361,1.326]

[0.262,0.986]

[0.147,0.612]

[0.407,2.695]

80+

0.878

1.903

0.568

0.388

0.141*

0.819

[0.412,1.871]

[0.482,7.518]

[0.208,1.552]

[0.136,1.105]

[0.0254,0.783]

[0.213,3.159]

Sex (Male)

Female

1.354

  

1.913

  

[0.663,2.763]

  

[0.842,4.347]

  

Currently married (No)

Yes

0.635

0.793

0.465

0.703

0.697

0.619

[0.324,1.242]

[0.242,2.598]

[0.193,1.124]

[0.415,1.191]

[0.281,1.729]

[0.310,1.237]

Religion (Christian)

Islam/Other

0.849

0.560

0.448

0.659

0.751

0.305

[0.254,2.845]

[0.176,1.776]

[0.0865,2.324]

[0.354,1.226]

[0.354,1.591]

[0.0774,1.205]

Smokes (No)

Yes

0.841

1.087

0.803

0.570

0.485

1.500

[0.513,1.377]

[0.461,2.565]

[0.419,1.538]

[0.299,1.086]

[0.148,1.585]

[0.663,3.391]

Alcohol (No)

Yes

0.827

1.558

0.571

1.338

0.367

1.238

[0.469,1.458]

[0.867,2.799]

[0.0202,16.17]

[0.659,2.717]

[0.0135,9.941]

[0.601,2.549]

Living condition (No satisfactory)

Neutral

0.502

0.498

1.114

0.900

0.735

1.142

[0.0187,13.46]

[0.175,1.419]

[0.0580,21.39]

[0.534,1.517]

[0.339,1.593]

[0.513,2.544]

Satisfactory

0.822

0.662

1.380

1.292

1.821

1.215

[0.359,1.883]

[0.258,1.703]

[0.202,9.437]

[0.635,2.630]

[0.579,5.727]

[0.434,3.402]

Sleep problem (None)

Mild/Moderate

0.253

0.943

0.655

0.750

0.445

1.020

[0.0109,5.862]

[0.653,1.360]

[0.00717,59.82]

[0.465,1.208]

[0.195,1.017]

[0.552,1.882]

Severe/Extreme

0.183**

0.222

0.138*

0.573

0.736

0.428

[0.0605,0.553]

[0.0480,1.025]

[0.0215,0.883]

[0.205,1.606]

[0.199,2.715]

[0.0700,2.623]

Multimorbidity (0)

1

1.880*

1.864

3.391*

1.004

0.967

1.128

[1.038,3.404]

[0.0865,40.17]

[1.038,11.08]

[0.699,1.441]

[0.538,1.739]

[0.704,1.808]

> 1

0.623

1.079

1.446

1.317

1.456

2.615

[0.272,1.428]

[0.280,4.159]

[0.902,2.320]

[0.647,2.680]

[0.761,2.786]

[0.951,7.188]

ADL

1–3

0.490**

0.520

0.425*

0.314*

0.268***

0.399*

[0.298,0.805]

[0.236,1.145]

[0.216,0.833]

[0.110,0.897]

[0.145,0.496]

[0.192,0.830]

4–6

0.378**

0.166*

0.462

0.131**

0.0764***

0.145***

[0.184,0.775]

[0.0310,0.886]

[0.200,1.066]

[0.0378,0.454]

[0.0390,0.149]

[0.0597,0.353]

> 6

0.364*

0.645

0.619*

0.584*

0.627

0.716

[0.159,0.835]

[0.361,1.153]

[0.393,0.975]

[0.357,0.954]

[0.344,1.142]

[0.427,1.202]

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