Globally, the number of people with multiple co-occurring diseases will increase
substantially over the coming decades, with important consequences for patients, carers …

Globally, approximately one in three of all adults suffer from multiple chronic conditions
(MCCs). This review provides a comprehensive overview of the resulting epidemiological …

Objectives Since the outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19), which has spread in
the world rapidly. Population have a susceptibility to COVID-19, older people were more …

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

Multimorbidity is typically defined as the co-existence of two or more chronic diseases within
an individual. Its prevalence is highest among the elderly, with poor quality of life (QoL) …

Background Managing multimorbidity is complex for both patients and healthcare systems.
Patients with multimorbidity often use a variety of primary and secondary care services …

Background Sleep duration has been shown to be associated with individual chronic
diseases but its association with multimorbidity, common in older adults, remains poorly …

Background Late-life depression (LLD) is considered as a prodrome to dementia and plays
a major role in the development of long-term cognitive disabilities. We aimed to estimate the …

This review discusses the interplay between multimorbidity (ie co‐occurrence of more than
one chronic health condition in an individual) and functional impairment (ie limitations in …

Approximately 13% of the total UK workforce is employed in the health and care sector.
Despite substantial workforce planning efforts, the effectiveness of this planning has been …