Gender differentials in health status and socioeconomic wellbeing of older persons in Lagos State, Nigeria

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
OE Ajiboye
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Gender Differentials ◽  
Lagos State

Aircraft Noise Levels, Annoyance and General Health of Residents of Communities contiguous to a Major Airport in Lagos State

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 47-59
Author(s):  
Iheanyichukwu M. Elechi
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
General Health ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Aircraft Noise ◽  
Poor Health ◽  
Noise Levels ◽  
General Health Status ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
Distant Location ◽  
Self Reported Health Status

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the aircraft noise exposure, annoyance reactions and health status of the residents living within the vicinity of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMA) in Lagos state, Nigeria. Aircraft noise monitoring was conducted in five locations within the vicinity (0-5Km) of MMA, and a sixth distant location (14km away). Levels of aircraft noise for all five locations within the vicinity of the airport exceeded the EPA Victoria threshold of 75 dB LAmax for the residential area (outdoor). A survey on annoyance induced by aircraft noise exposure and general health status was conducted on 450 local residents in the study locations using the International Commission on Biological Effect of Noise question and a single question that has been applied in Dutch national health care surveys since 1983 on self-reported general health status respectively. Percentage of residents within the vicinity of MMA that were highly annoyed (%HA) exceeded 15% guideline limit stipulated by Federal Interagency Committee on Urban Noise while 14.5% reported poor health status. There was a significant association between the annoyance reactions and aircraft noise levels in the study locations while the association between self-reported health status and aircraft noise levels was not significant. Taken together, the residents within the vicinity of the airport are exposed to aircraft noise levels above permissible limit which may be associated with high annoyance reaction but may not be associated with poor health rating. Evidence-based aircraft noise related policies by government are advocated.

Functional impairment severity is associated with health status among older persons with intellectual disability and cerebral palsy

2009 ◽  
Vol 53 (11) ◽  
pp. 887-897 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Henderson ◽  
M. Rosasco ◽  
L. M. Robinson ◽  
J. Meccarello ◽  
M. P. Janicki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Functional Impairment ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Impairment Severity

Living arrangements and marital status: a register-based study of survival of older adults in Belgium at the beginning of the 21st century

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 2141-2162 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANNE HERM ◽  
JON ANSON ◽  
MICHEL POULAIN
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Mortality Risk ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Living Arrangement ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
And Gender

ABSTRACTBeing married reduces the mortality risk of older persons. More generally, living arrangements that include co-residence with a source of support and a close care-giver are associated with a lower mortality risk. We build a detailed typology of private and collective living arrangements, including marital status, and check its association with mortality risks, controlling for health status. Using administrative data from the population register, we identify the living arrangement of all individuals aged 65 years and over living in Belgium as at 1 January 2002, and their survival during the year 2002. Data on health status are extracted from the 2001 census. We use binary logistic regression with the probability to die as outcome and living arrangement, health, age and gender as covariates. Our results show that mortality is more closely associated with actual living arrangements than with marital status. This association is age and gender-specific and remains even at very old ages. Living with a spouse is confirmed to be beneficial for survival but in older age living alone becomes more favourable. Of all living arrangements, older persons living in religious communities experience the lowest mortality risk whereas those living in nursing homes experience the highest risk.

scholarly journals Assessing Depression among Older Persons with Arthritis: A Nationwide Health Status Survey

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajesh Nayak ◽  
Jigar Rajpura
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Depressive Symptomatology ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Depressive Mood ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Early Screening ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Nationally Representative

Objectives. This study aimed to assess the health status of a nationwide sample of elderly persons having arthritis and determine the prevalence of depressive symptomatology in this population. Methods. WebTV technology was utilized to administer health status and depression surveys to a nationally representative sample of 550 randomly selected older persons. Predetermined cutoff scores on Short Form-36 (SF-36) scale and Center for Epidemiological Scale for Depression (CES-D) were used to identify individuals with depressive mood. Results. Sixteen percent () of the respondents were found to be at risk for depression. Key associations among health domains of SF-36 and CES-D variables were statistically significant and were in the expected direction. Discussion. The risk of depression among older adults who have arthritis is moderate. A significant decline in multiple domains of health of older persons is likely when depression coexists with arthritis. Early screening for depressive symptomatology and prompt treatment should be an essential part of arthritis management in primary care practice.

Anemia and Hemoglobin Levels in Older Persons: Relationship with Age, Gender, and Health Status

1992 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 489-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel E. Salive ◽  
Joan Cornoni-Huntley ◽  
Jack M. Guralnik ◽  
Caroline L. Phillips ◽  
Robert B. Wallace ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Gender And Health

Survey of the living conditions and health status of older persons living in Quilombola communities in Bequimão, Brazil: the IQUIBEQ Project

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andréa Suzana Vieira Costa ◽  
Lívia dos Santos Rodrigues ◽  
João de Deus Cabral ◽  
Liberata Campos Coimbra ◽  
Bruno Luciano Carneiro Alves de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Living Conditions

Flows of social support and health status among older persons in China

1995 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 1175-1184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xian Liu ◽  
Jersey Liang ◽  
Shengzu Gu
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Older Persons

Integrating Self-Rated Health and Social Involvement for the Examination of Mortality among Older Persons

1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Rakowski ◽  
Victoria Wilcox
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Potential Effect ◽  
Social Involvement ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Time Periods

Self-rated health status and social network variables have each been shown to independently predict mortality among older persons. However, the potential effect of these two variables when combined into a single index has not been studied. Therefore, this investigation integrated ratings of global health status and reports of social involvements into a single, combined variable. This variable was then used to predict mortality over three time periods (1984–1986, 1984–1988, 1984–1990). Data were drawn from the Longitudinal Study of Aging, and were based on 6053 self-respondents aged seventy and older at baseline in 1984. Multiple logistic regression analysis, using several health status and demographic controls, showed that the combined variable produced substantial effects on mortality, particularly for the 1984–86 and 1984–88 follow-up time periods. Results suggested that integrating these two constructs may be a helpful step in research on the psychosocial epidemiology of aging.

Health Status and Resources of Recently Bereaved Older Persons

1985 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 232-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosalee C. Yeaworth ◽  
Barbara Valanis
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Older Persons
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