Background People with chronic conditions experience functional impairment, lower quality
of life, and greater economic hardship and poverty. Social isolation and loneliness are …

An increasing proportion of healthcare resources in the United States are directed toward an
expanding group of complex and multimorbid patients. Federal stakeholders have called for …

Caring for older adults with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) is challenging. The American
Geriatrics Society (AGS) previously developed The AGS Guiding Principles for the Care of …

Importance Health care may be burdensome and of uncertain benefit for older adults with
multiple chronic conditions (MCCs). Aligning health care with an individual's health priorities …

Background Treatment burden refers to the workload imposed by healthcare on patients,
and the effect this has on quality of life. The Treatment Burden Questionnaire (TBQ) aims to …

Importance Older adults with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) vary in their health
outcome goals and the health care that they prefer to receive to achieve these goals …

Highlights•Burden associated with chronic care management may undermine treatment
adherence.•Treatment fatigue may index when patient demands exceed coping …

Multimorbidity affects more than two thirds of older individuals and the vast majority of
patients with chronic cardiovascular disease. Patients with multimorbidity have high …

Abstract Background and Objective Transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (TDT) is a rare
genetic disease characterized by a deficiency of functional β-globin, ultimately leading to …

Purpose This narrative review is concerned with the ways in which the relationships
between time and chronic illnesses have been chartered in recent literature. It aims to …