Global and regional prevalence of multimorbidity in the adult population in community settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SR Chowdhury, DC Das, TC Sunna, J Beyene… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
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 …

Multimorbidity

ST Skou, FS Mair, M Fortin, B Guthrie… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Multimorbidity (two or more coexisting conditions in an individual) is a growing global
challenge with substantial effects on individuals, carers and society. Multimorbidity occurs a …

Association between socioeconomic status and the development of mental and physical health conditions in adulthood: a multi-cohort study

M Kivimäki, GD Batty, J Pentti, MJ Shipley… - The Lancet Public …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Socioeconomic disadvantage is a risk factor for many diseases. We
characterised cascades of these conditions by using a data-driven approach to examine the …

Association between multimorbidity and hospitalization in older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis

LP Rodrigues, AT de Oliveira Rezende… - Age and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Multimorbidity is defined as the presence of multiple chronic conditions in the
same individual. Multimorbidity is more prevalent in older adults and can lead to several …

Healthcare fragmentation, multimorbidity, potentially inappropriate medication, and mortality: a Danish nationwide cohort study

A Prior, CH Vestergaard, P Vedsted, SM Smith… - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background Patients with multimorbidity are frequent users of healthcare, but fragmented
care may lead to suboptimal treatment. Yet, this has never been examined across …

Multimorbidity and food insecurity in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

M Kantilafti, K Giannakou, S Chrysostomou - PLoS One, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Food insecurity is one of the main factors affecting multimorbidity. Previous studies have
shown that food insecurity may lead to multimorbidity due to person's inability to consume …

Multimorbidity in South Africa: a systematic review of prevalence studies

RA Roomaney, B van Wyk, EB Turawa… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To review prevalence studies of multimorbidity in South Africa to identify
prevalence estimates, common disease clusters and factors associated with multimorbidity …

Primary care consultation length by deprivation and multimorbidity in England: an observational study using electronic patient records

A Gopfert, SR Deeny, R Fisher, M Stafford - British Journal of General …, 2020 - bjgp.org
Background Longer GP consultations are recommended as one way of improving care for
people with multimorbidity. In Scotland, patients who are multimorbid and living in deprived …

Factors associated with hospitalization, invasive mechanical ventilation treatment and death among all confirmed COVID-19 cases in Norway: Prospective cohort …

KE Telle, M Grøsland, J Helgeland… - … journal of public …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Aims: For everyone with a positive test for SARS-CoV-2 in Norway, we studied whether age,
sex, comorbidity, continent of birth and nursing home residency were risk factors for …

One in five South Africans are multimorbid: An analysis of the 2016 demographic and health survey

RA Roomaney, B van Wyk, A Cois, V Pillay-van Wyk - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Multimorbidity is a global research priority, yet relatively little is known about it in low and
middle income countries. South Africa has the largest burden of HIV worldwide but also has …