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| Gender differences in prevalence and associated factors of multi-morbidity among older persons in Vietnam | | Author(s) | Le Duc Dung, Giang Thanh Long |
| Journal title | International Journal on Ageing in Developing Countries, vol 1, no 2, 2016 |
| Publisher | International Institute on Ageing (United Nations - Malta), 2016 |
| Pages | pp 113-132 |
| Source | https://www.inia.org.mt |
| Keywords | Chronic illness ; Ill health ; Older men ; Older women ; Quantitative studies ; Comparison ; Vietnam. |
| Annotation | The prevalence and determining factors of multi-morbidity among older men and women in Vietnam were examined. This study used data from a nationally representative survey, the Vietnam Ageing Survey (VNAS) in 2011. The study sample was restricted to older people (those aged 60 and over). Multi-morbidity was defined as having at least two presences of chronic diseases. Bivariate, t-test, and multivariable logistic regression analyses were applied to identify potential factors correlated with multi-morbidity among older men and women. The results showed that around 44 per cent of older people reported having multi-morbidity: a higher prevalence was found in women (49.4 per cent) than men (36.7 per cent). The results of multivariate analysis indicate that factors associated with multi-morbidity were found to vary by gender, in which advanced age and living alone were the strongest predictive variables in both genders. Therefore, health interventions with regards to gender are increasingly essential to reduce burdens of chronic diseases. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180525206 A |
| Classmark | CI: CH: BC: BD: 3DQ: 48: 7HM |
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