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Uganda - Masaka and Wakiso WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health - Well-Being of Older People Study 2009

General Info

Original or alternative title 
Uganda SAGE Well-Being of Older People Study-2009, Wave 1
Provider 
World Health Organization (WHO)
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Geography 
Uganda (UGA)
Masaka, Wakiso
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
April, 2009 - October, 2009
Data type
Survey: Exam - Household - Individual
Summary 

This survey was part of Wave 1 of the Well-Being of Older People Study (WOPS), a sub-study of the Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE). For the WOPS study, survey instruments and materials from SAGE are adapted to examine the wellbeing of individuals 50 years and older who are direclty or indirectly affected by HIV/AIDS.

Keywords 
Adult mortality, Aged adults, Alcohol use, Amputation, Animal injuries, Anthropometry, Antihypertensive drugs, Antiretroviral therapy, Anxiety, Assets, Asthma, Back pain, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Breathing difficulty, Burns, COPD, Cancers, Cataracts, Cooking fuels, Corrective lenses, Cough, Dental care, Diabetes, Disability, Drug consumption, Edentulism, Education, Eye examinations, FFQ, Falls, Family composition, Family size, Fatigue, Fertility, Fruits and vegetables, HIV and AIDS, Health care access, Health care use, Health status, Hearing loss, Heart disease, Height, Hemoglobin, Hospitals, Household deaths, Housing materials, Hypertension, Infectious diseases, Insulin, Intentional injuries, Interpersonal violence, Ischemic heart disease, Limited mobility, Livestock, Marital status, Medical tests, Medicines, Mental health symptoms, Mobility aids, Musculoskeletal diseases, Nutritional deficiencies, Occupational injuries, Oral conditions, Pain, Paralysis, Parental survival, Personal caregivers, Pharmacies, Poisonings, Poverty, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Pulse, Religion, Rose Angina Questionnaire, Sanitation, Self-inflicted injuries, Sleep, Stroke, Tobacco smoking, Traditional medicine, Unintentional injuries, Unipolar depressive disorders, Vision loss, Water supply, Weight

Citation

Contributors 
World Health Organization (WHO)
Medical Research Council (Uganda)
Funders 
National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Catholic Organisation for Relief and Development Aid (CORDAID)
Evidence for Action (United Kingdom)
Publisher 
World Health Organization (WHO)
Suggested citation 
Medical Research Council (Uganda), World Health Organization (WHO). Uganda - Masaka and Wakiso WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health - Well-Being of Older People Study 2009. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization (WHO).

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