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| Title |
The relationship of living arrangements and depressive symptoms among older adults in sub-Saharan Africa
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, July 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-682 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Brittany McKinnon, Sam Harper, Spencer Moore |
| Abstract |
Older adults in sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly facing the twin challenges of reduced support from their adult children and taking on new roles caring for orphans and vulnerable children. How these changes affect the mental health of older adults is largely unknown. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 3 | 75% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 135 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 133 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 18 | 13% |
| Researcher | 14 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 12 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 7% |
| Other | 29 | 21% |
| Unknown | 31 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 41 | 30% |
| Social Sciences | 24 | 18% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 14 | 10% |
| Psychology | 5 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 11 | 8% |
| Unknown | 38 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 July 2013.
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#14,638,545
of 23,881,329 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#10,446
of 15,466 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#111,665
of 200,986 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#164
of 228 outputs
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