M G C A Manchanayake, G R W S K Bandara, N R Samaranayake
Patients' ability to read and understand dosing instructions of their own medicines - a cross sectional study in a hospital and community pharmacy setting
BMC health services research
study examined prevalence sociodemographic factors among older adults hiv tb status south africa data crosssectional obtained 2019 general household surveys south africa adults 50 years reported hiv tb status included n 9180047 reported statistical analyses descriptive chisquare fishers exact tests binary logistic regression study found prevalence rate hiv 53 tb 29 among older adults aged 50 years south africa however study found hiv tb highest among older adults residing gauteng kwazulunatal eastern cape provinces hiv status female gender aor 080 ci 95 080080 secondary education aor 057 ci 95 056058 lower odds association among older adults hiv regarding tb status primary education aor 108 ci 95 106110 diabetes aor 187 ci 95 182191 lower likelihoods associations among older adults tb urgent need escalate scientific political attention address hivtb burden older adults public health policymakers need take cognizance interdependence inequality mobility behavioural modification among highrisk population