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Nursing in an age of multimorbidity [PDF]

BMC Nursing, 2018
BACKGROUND: A changing sociodemographic landscape has seen rising numbers of people with two or more long-term health conditions. Multimorbidity presents numerous challenges for patients and families and those who work in healthcare services. Therefore, the nursing profession needs to understand the issues involved in supporting people with multiple ...
O'Connor, Siobhan, Deaton, Christi, Nolan, Fiona, Johnston, Bridget   +3 more
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Multimorbidity and Evidence Generation [PDF]

Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2014
Most people with a chronic disease actually have more than one, a condition known as multimorbidity. Despite this, the evidence base to prevent adverse disease outcomes has taken a disease-specific approach. Drawing on a conference, Improving Guidelines for Multimorbid Patients, the goal of this paper is to identify challenges to the generation of ...
Weiss, Carlos O, Varadhan, Ravi, Puhan, Milo A, Vickers, Andrew, Bandeen-Roche, Karen, Boyd, Cynthia M, Kent, David M   +6 more
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Secondary analysis of data on comorbidity/multimorbidity: a call for papers [PDF]

, 2015
Despite the high proportion and growing number of people with comorbidity/multimorbidity, clinical trials often exclude this group, leading to a limited evidence base to guide policy and practice for these individuals [1–5].
Marjan van den Akker, Stewart W. Mercer, van den Akker, Marjan, Martin Fortin, Jane Gunn, Stewart W. Mercer (7945793), Jane Gunn (21050), Mercer, Stewart, Smith, Susan M, Mercer, Stewart W., Smith, Susan, Marjan van den Akker (41854), Susan M. Smith, Martin Fortin (3405860), Fortin, Martin, Smith, Susan M., Susan Smith (7896224), Gunn, Jane   +17 more
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Multimorbidity in patients enrolled in a community-based methadone maintenance treatment programme delivered through primary care [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Multimorbidity, the co-existence of two or more (2+) long-term conditions in an individual, is common among problem drug abusers. Objective: To delineate the patterns, multimorbidity prevalence, and disease severity in patients enrolled in a ...
Diane E. Arnold-Reed, Lakkhina Troeung, Bulsara, Max K., Jasmine O'Neill, Max K. Bulsara, Arnold-Reed, Diane E., Backhouse, Rupert, Tom Brett, Brett, Tom, Troeung, Lakkhina, Rupert Backhouse, O'Neill, Jasmine   +11 more
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The influence of socioeconomic deprivation on multimorbidity at different ages: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2014
<b>Background</b> Multimorbidity occurs at a younger age in individuals in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation but little is known about the 'typology' of multimorbidity in different age groups and its association with socioeconomic ...
Watt, GCM, Wyke, S, Guthrie, Bruce, Gunn, J, Blane, David N., Mercer, Stewart W., McLean, G, Blane, DN, Mercer, SW, Guthrie, B, McLean, Gary, Wyke, Sally, Watt, Graham C.M., Watt, Graham C. M., Gunn, Jane   +14 more
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Care coordination of multimorbidity: a scoping study [PDF]

, 2015
Background: A key challenge in healthcare systems worldwide is the large number of patients who suffer from multimorbidity; despite this, most systems are organized within a single-disease framework. Objective: The present study addresses two issues: the
Burau, Viola, Doessing, Anne, Anne Doessing, Viola Burau   +3 more
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A systematic review of motivational interviewing in healthcare: the potential of motivational interviewing to address the lifestyle factors relevant to multimorbidity [PDF]

, 2015
Internationally, health systems face an increasing demand for services from people living with multimorbidity. Multimorbidity is often associated with high levels of treatment burden. Targeting lifestyle factors that impact across multiple conditions may
Gunn, Jane M., Jane M. Gunn, McKenzie, Kylie J., Pierce, David, Kylie J. McKenzie, David Pierce   +5 more
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Stroke rehabilitation and patients with multimorbidity: a scoping review protocol [PDF]

, 2015
Stroke care presents unique challenges for clinicians, as most strokes occur in the context of other medical diagnoses. An assessment of capacity for implementing “best practice” stroke care found clinicians reporting a strong need for training specific ...
Anita Menon, Robert Teasell, Teasell, Robert, Dawson, Deirdre, Deirdre Dawson, Kaileah A. McKellar, Wasdell, Michael, J. Andrew McClure, Lyons, Renee F., Kara Ronald, McClure, J. Andrew, Michael Wasdell, Michelle L.A. Nelson, Linda Kelloway, Sarah Munce, McKellar, Kaileah A., Munce, Sarah, Renee F. Lyons, Nelson, Michelle L.A., Ronald, Kara, Kelloway, Linda, Menon, Anita   +21 more
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Multimorbidity as a Dilemma [PDF]

Deutsches Ärzteblatt international, 2011
I completely agree with the authors’ conclusion, that therapeutic decisions are based on “other practice-relevant factors”; however, this is with regard to guidelines and NOT to “clinical data.” The authors mention “internal organizational routines of the physician’s office” first, then “financial parameters,”, with “patient-related aspects ...
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How to design and evaluate interventions to improve outcomes for patients with multimorbidity [PDF]

, 2013
Multimorbidity is a major challenge for patients and healthcare providers. The limited evidence of the effectiveness of interventions for people with multimorbidity means that there is a need for much more research and trials of potential interventions ...
Stewart W. Mercer, Fortin, M, Martin Fortin, Vestergaard, M., Sally Wyke (3408131), Elizabeth A. Bayliss, Vestergaard, Mogens, Bayliss, Elizabeth A., Wyke, S, Gunn, J, Mercer, S.W., Mercer, Stewart W., Smith, SM, Bayliss, EA, Susan M. Smith, Salisbury, C., Sally Wyke, Martin Fortin (3405860), Smith, S.M., Wyke, S., Elizabeth Bayliss (3466778), Salisbury, Chris, Susan Smith (7896224), Gunn, Jane, Chris Salisbury, Gunn, J., Jane Gunn, Jane Gunn (21050), Bayliss, E.A., Fortin, M., Mogens Vestergaard, Salisbury, C, Mercer, SW, Moogens Vestergaard (7945238), Stewart Mercer (811562), Wyke, Sally, Vestergaard, M, Fortin, Martin, Smith, Susan M., Chris Salisbury (601799)   +39 more
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