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International Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

International Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
ISSN (online) : 2278-9030
ISSN (Print) : 2278-9014
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Evaluation of inter-current illness intervening lifestyle in stratified age groups: focus on diabetes and its cardiovascular complication

Ezekiel U. Nwos, Christian Ojugbeli, Phillip T. Bwititi, Eunice O. Igumbor.

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Background: We propound a lifestyle scores’ hypothesis on how changes in lifestyle scores correlate with state of health including vulnerability of adults to diabetes and CVD indices.
Objective: This study evaluates illnesses observed in a rural community and compares stratified age groups in the prevalence of diabetes-related chronic diseases and inter-current illness.
Methods and Materials: 203 participants were classified into five stratified age-groups. Information on demography, diabetes, hypertension and other illnesses were reviewed. Prevalence of inter-current illness in stratified age-groups was cross-examined with percentage distribution of disease-subpopulations into the groups. Percentage of each age-group whose lifestyles were affected by ill-health was cross-checked with physical activities level. Comparison of lifestyle between groups were performed.
Results: Age-groups differed in percentage of respondents whose daily routines are interfered by ill-health (p < 0.0001). Good health decreased with age (p < 0.0001), but inter-current illness was not different across age-groups. Activities of daily living and walking were similarly interfered by ill-health.
Conclusion: Inter-current illness was shown to be equally prevalent across age-groups, though older adults had significantly greater interference on their lifestyle.
Keywords: activities of daily living, aging, diabetes, inter-current illness, lifestyle scores

Key words: activities of daily living, aging, diabetes, inter-current illness, lifestyle scores


 
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Ezekiel U. Nwos, Christian Ojugbeli, Phillip T. Bwititi, Eunice O. Igumbor. Evaluation of inter-current illness intervening lifestyle in stratified age groups: focus on diabetes and its cardiovascular complication. IJHRS. 2019; 8(4): 143-155. doi:10.5455/ijhrs.0000000182

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Ezekiel U. Nwos, Christian Ojugbeli, Phillip T. Bwititi, Eunice O. Igumbor. Evaluation of inter-current illness intervening lifestyle in stratified age groups: focus on diabetes and its cardiovascular complication. http://www.ijhrs.org/?mno=86442 [Access: September 26, 2021]. doi:10.5455/ijhrs.0000000182

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Ezekiel U. Nwos, Christian Ojugbeli, Phillip T. Bwititi, Eunice O. Igumbor. Evaluation of inter-current illness intervening lifestyle in stratified age groups: focus on diabetes and its cardiovascular complication. IJHRS. 2019; 8(4): 143-155. doi:10.5455/ijhrs.0000000182


Vancouver/ICMJE Style

Ezekiel U. Nwos, Christian Ojugbeli, Phillip T. Bwititi, Eunice O. Igumbor. Evaluation of inter-current illness intervening lifestyle in stratified age groups: focus on diabetes and its cardiovascular complication. IJHRS. (2019), [cited September 26, 2021]; 8(4): 143-155. doi:10.5455/ijhrs.0000000182


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Ezekiel U. Nwos, Christian Ojugbeli, Phillip T. Bwititi, Eunice O. Igumbor (2019) Evaluation of inter-current illness intervening lifestyle in stratified age groups: focus on diabetes and its cardiovascular complication. IJHRS, 8 (4), 143-155. doi:10.5455/ijhrs.0000000182


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Ezekiel U. Nwos, Christian Ojugbeli, Phillip T. Bwititi, Eunice O. Igumbor. 2019. Evaluation of inter-current illness intervening lifestyle in stratified age groups: focus on diabetes and its cardiovascular complication. International Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (IJHRS), 8 (4), 143-155. doi:10.5455/ijhrs.0000000182


Chicago Style

Ezekiel U. Nwos, Christian Ojugbeli, Phillip T. Bwititi, Eunice O. Igumbor. "Evaluation of inter-current illness intervening lifestyle in stratified age groups: focus on diabetes and its cardiovascular complication." International Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (IJHRS) 8 (2019), 143-155. doi:10.5455/ijhrs.0000000182


MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Ezekiel U. Nwos, Christian Ojugbeli, Phillip T. Bwititi, Eunice O. Igumbor. "Evaluation of inter-current illness intervening lifestyle in stratified age groups: focus on diabetes and its cardiovascular complication." International Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (IJHRS) 8.4 (2019), 143-155. Print. doi:10.5455/ijhrs.0000000182


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Ezekiel U. Nwos, Christian Ojugbeli, Phillip T. Bwititi, Eunice O. Igumbor (2019) Evaluation of inter-current illness intervening lifestyle in stratified age groups: focus on diabetes and its cardiovascular complication. International Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (IJHRS), 8 (4), 143-155. doi:10.5455/ijhrs.0000000182

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