Francien Scholten

Biographic Data

ID6224316
NAMEFrancien Scholten
GIVEN NAMESFrancien
FAMILY NAMEScholten
SIGNATURESCHOLTEN F
AFFILIATIONSUganda Virus Research Institute
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS8
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX1

  • Risk of major depressive disorder among older persons living in HIV-endemic central and southwestern Uganda

    Eugene Kinyanda, Monica Kuteesa et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2016

    Major depressive disorder (MDD) is projected to become the second most common cause of disability by 2020 calling for a better understanding its antecedents across the lifespan and in diverse socio-cultural settings. In this paper we describe the risk factors of MDD among older people (50 years +) living in HIV-endemic central and southwestern Uganda. A cross-sectional study was undertaken among 471 respondents (50 years +) participating in the W…

  • Health, wellbeing, and disability among older people infected or affected by HIV in Uganda and South Africa

    Open AccessMakandwe Nyirenda, Marie-Louise Newell et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2013

    OBJECTIVE: To describe and compare the health status, emotional wellbeing, and functional status of older people in Uganda and South Africa who are HIV infected or affected by HIV in their families. METHODS: Data came from the general population cohort and Entebbe cohort of the Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute, and from the Africa Centre Demographic Information System through cross-sectional surveys in 2009/10 using instru…

  • Caregiving responsibilities and burden among older people by HIV status and other determinants in Uganda

    Joseph Mugisha, Francien Scholten et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2013

    Older caregivers have major caregiving responsibilities in countries severely affected by the HIV epidemic, but little is known about their own health and well-being. We conducted this study to assess the association of caregiving responsibilities and self-perceived burden with caregivers' health, HIV status, background characteristics and care-receiving among older people in South Western Uganda. Men and women aged 50 years and older were recrui…

  • Neglected older women and men

    Esther Richards, Flavia Zalwango et al.ARTICLEAfrican Journal of AIDS Research2013

    This study explored how women's and men's gendered experiences from childhood to old age have shaped their vulnerability in relation to HIV both in terms of their individual risk of HIV and their access to and experiences of HIV services. It was a small scale-scale study conducted in urban and rural sites in Uganda between October 2011 and March 2012. The study used qualitative methods: in-depth interviews (with 31 participants) and focus group d…

  • Despondency Among HIV-Positive Older Men and Women in Uganda

    Open AccessStuart Wright, Flavia Zalwango et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cross-Cultural…2012Cited by: 8References: 39

    Forty people over 60 years of age took part in longitudinal research over the course of a year on the impact of the HIV epidemic in southern Uganda. In this paper we focus mainly on the data from 26 of the 40 who were HIV-positive. While we observed that feelings of depression were frequently experienced by many of the people in our study, the state of 'being depressed' was not constant. Participants regularly expressed economic frustration (beca…

  • Health and functional status among older people with HIV/Aids in Uganda

    Open AccessFrancien Scholten, Joseph Mugisha et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    The systematic exploration of health and well being among older people, using eight self-reported and objective health indicators, showed that basic health problems are very common at older ages and poorly addressed by existing health services. HIV-infected older people, however, whether on ART or not yet on ART, had a similar health and functional status as other older people