Diabetes in South African older adults: prevalence and impact on quality of life and functional disability - as assessed using SAGE Wave 1 data

• Main Authors: Mahmoud Werfalli (Author), Reshma Kassanjee (Author), Sebastiana Kalula (Author), Paul Kowal (Author), Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya (Author), Naomi S. Levitt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Diabetes is a chronic disease with severe late complications. It is known to impact the quality of life and cause disability, which may affect an individual's capacity to manage and maintain longer-term health and well-being. Objectives: To examine the prevalence of self-report diab...