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Visual impairment and social isolation, depression and life satisfaction among older adults in Ghana: analysis of the WHO’s Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) Wave 2

AIM: To estimate the prevalence of visual impairment (VI) and associated factors and further quantify its association with social isolation, depression and life satisfaction among older adults in Ghana. METHODS: WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health Ghana dataset for older adults 50 years and...

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Autores principales:	Tetteh, John, Fordjour, Gladys, Ekem-Ferguson, George, Yawson, Anita Ohenewa, Boima, Vincent, Entsuah-Mensah, Kow, Biritwum, Richard, Essuman, Akye, Mensah, George, Yawson, Alfred Edwin
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BMJ Publishing Group 2020
Materias:	Original Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7326267/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32626826 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjophth-2020-000492

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