The measurement of multimorbidity.

K Nicholson, J Almirall, M Fortin - Health Psychology, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Overview: The presence of multiple concurrent medical conditions (also known as
multimorbidity) is now a common phenomenon, hence the importance of its measurement …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of varying the number and selection of conditions on estimated multimorbidity prevalence: a cross-sectional study using a large, primary care …

C MacRae, M McMinn, SW Mercer, D Henderson… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Multimorbidity prevalence rates vary considerably depending on the conditions
considered in the morbidity count, but there is no standardised approach to the number or …

Incident cardiovascular disease among adults with cancer: a population-based cohort study

DI Paterson, N Wiebe, WY Cheung, JR Mackey… - Cardio Oncology, 2022 - jacc.org
Background Patients with cancer and cancer survivors are at increased risk for incident
heart failure, but there are conflicting data on the long-term risk for other cardiovascular …

Accounting for age in the definition of chronic kidney disease

P Liu, RR Quinn, NN Lam, MJ Elliott, Y Xu… - JAMA Internal …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Using the same level of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) to define
chronic kidney disease (CKD) regardless of patient age may classify many elderly people …

[HTML][HTML] Multimorbidity and adverse events of special interest associated with Covid-19 vaccines in Hong Kong

FTT Lai, L Huang, CSL Chui, EYF Wan, X Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Prior research using electronic health records for Covid-19 vaccine safety monitoring
typically focuses on specific disease groups and excludes individuals with multimorbidity …

Comparison of the complexity of patients seen by different medical subspecialists in a universal health care system

M Tonelli, N Wiebe, BJ Manns… - JAMA network …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Clinical experience suggests that there are substantial differences in patient
complexity across medical specialties, but empirical data are lacking. Objective To compare …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring multimorbidity in research: Delphi consensus study

ISS Ho, A Azcoaga-Lorenzo, A Akbari, J Davies… - BMJ …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Association of mental health disorders with health care utilization and costs among adults with chronic disease

B Sporinova, B Manns, M Tonelli… - JAMA network …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance A population-based study using validated algorithms to estimate the costs of
treating people with chronic disease with and without mental health disorders is needed …

[HTML][HTML] Comorbidity as a driver of adverse outcomes in people with chronic kidney disease

M Tonelli, N Wiebe, B Guthrie, MT James, H Quan… - Kidney international, 2015 - Elsevier
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with poor outcomes, perhaps due to a high
burden of comorbidity. Most studies of CKD populations focus on concordant comorbidities …

Safely identifying emergency department patients with acute chest pain for early discharge: HEART pathway accelerated diagnostic protocol

SA Mahler, KM Lenoir, BJ Wells, GL Burke… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: The HEART Pathway (history, ECG, age, risk factors, and initial troponin) is an
accelerated diagnostic protocol designed to identify low-risk emergency department patients …