Background Knowing the prevalence of multimorbidity among adults across continents is a
crucial piece of information for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3.4, which calls for …

Background: With ageing world populations, multimorbidity (presence of two or more chronic
diseases in the same individual) becomes a major concern in public health. Although …

Background A systematic understanding of how multimorbidity has been constructed and
measured is unavailable. This review aimed to examine the definition and measurement of …

Background The reported prevalence of depressive symptoms (depression hereafter)
among older adults varied widely across different studies. This was a meta-analysis to …

Objective To review literature and provide a pooled effect for the association between
multimorbidity and mortality in older adults. Methods A systematic review was performed of …

Background Although the definition of multimorbidity as “the simultaneous presence of two
or more chronic diseases” is well established, its operationalization is not yet agreed. This …

Aging is characterized by rising susceptibility to development of multiple chronic diseases
and, therefore, represents the major risk factor for multimorbidity. From a gerontological …

Objectives The aim of this review was to identify studies on patterns of associative
multimorbidity, defined as the nonrandom association between diseases, focusing on the …

Preventing and ameliorating chronic conditions has long been a priority in the United States;
however, the increasing recognition that people often have multiple chronic conditions …

Objectives: Depression frequently co-occurs with multiple chronic diseases in complex,
costly, and dangerous patterns of multimorbidity. The field of health psychology may benefit …