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Perianayagam Arokiasamy
Researcher at International Institute for Population Sciences
Publications - 96
Citations - 4252
Perianayagam Arokiasamy is an academic researcher from International Institute for Population Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Socioeconomic status. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 93 publications receiving 3363 citations. Previous affiliations of Perianayagam Arokiasamy include International Institute of Minnesota.
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Data resource profile : the World Health Organization Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE)
Paul Kowal,Somnath Chatterji,Nirmala Naidoo,Richard B. Biritwum,Wu Fan,Ruy Lopez Ridaura,Tamara Maximova,Perianayagam Arokiasamy,Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya,Sharon R. Williams,J. Josh Snodgrass,Nadia Minicuci,Catherine D'Este,Karl Peltzer,J Ties Boerma +14 more
TL;DR: SAGE is a longitudinal study with nationally representative samples of persons aged 50+ years in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russia and South Africa, with a smaller sample of adults aged 18-49 years in each country for comparisons.
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The impact of multimorbidity on adult physical and mental health in low- and middle-income countries: what does the study on global ageing and adult health (SAGE) reveal?
Perianayagam Arokiasamy,Uttamacharya Uttamacharya,Kshipra Jain,Richard B. Biritwum,Alfred Yawson,Fan Wu,Yanfei Guo,Tamara Maximova,Betty Manrique Espinoza,Aaron Salinas Rodriguez,Sara Afshar,Sanghamitra Pati,Gillian H. Ice,Sube Banerjee,Melissa A. Liebert,J. Josh Snodgrass,Nirmala Naidoo,Somnath Chatterji,Paul Kowal,Paul Kowal +19 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of 1+ ADL limitation, poor self-rated health, and depression increased whereas quality of life declined markedly with an increase in number of diseases, highlighting the challenge of multimorbidity in LMICs, particularly among the lower socioeconomic groups.
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Factors affecting quality of life in lower limb amputees
TL;DR: In this study, employment status, use of an assistive device,Use of a prosthesis, comorbidities, phantom-limb pain and residual stump pain were found to predict both PCS and MCS scores significantly, and explained 47.8% and 29.7% of variance respectively.
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Prevalence, risk factors and disability associated with fall-related injury in older adults in low- and middle-incomecountries: results from the WHO Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE)
Jennifer Stewart Williams,Jennifer Stewart Williams,Paul Kowal,Paul Kowal,Heather Hestekin,Tristan O’Driscoll,Karl Peltzer,Karl Peltzer,Karl Peltzer,Alfred Yawson,Richard B. Biritwum,Tamara Maximova,Aaron Salinas Rodriguez,Betty Manrique Espinoza,Fan Wu,Perianayagam Arokiasamy,Somnath Chatterji +16 more
TL;DR: The association between fall-related injury and the WHODAS measure of disability was highly significant with some attenuation after adjusting for confounders and the findings provide a platform for improving understanding of risk factors for falls in older adults in this group of LMICs.
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TL;DR: This document summarizes current capabilities, research and operational priorities, and plans for further studies that were established at the 2015 USGS workshop on quantitative hazard assessments of earthquake-triggered landsliding and liquefaction in the Central American region.