Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundVariations in the prevalence and pattern of multimorbidity might be attributable to lifestyle and environmental factors. This study was performed to determine the prevalence of common chronic diseases and to reveal multimorbidity patterns among
Yaoda Hu +12 more
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The German MultiCare-study : patterns of multimorbidity in primary health care - protocol of a prospective cohort study [PDF]
, 2009 Background Multimorbidity is a highly frequent condition in older people, but well designed longitudinal studies on the impact of multimorbidity on patients and the health care system have been remarkably scarce in numbers until today.
Weyerer Siegfried +53 more
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Multimorbidity research challenges: where to go from here? [PDF]
, 2011 The last decade has seen an increase in research focusing on patients with multiple chronic conditions. A recent review reported only two published studies on multimorbidity between 1990 and 2000, increasing to 39 between 2001 and 2010 [1]. This research
Elizabeth E. Roughead +3 more
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Comorbidities in clinical practice. Algorithms for diagnostics and treatment
Кардиоваскулярная терапия и профилактика, 2019 .
R. G. Oganov +20 more
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Multimorbidity and complex multimorbidity in Brazilian rural workers
PLOS ONE, 2019 To estimate the prevalence of multimorbidity and complex multimorbidity in rural workers and their association with sociodemographic characteristics, occupational contact with pesticides, lifestyle and clinical condition.This is a cross-sectional epidemiological study with 806 farmers from the main agricultural municipality of the state of Espírito ...
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Multimorbidity or polypharmacy: two sides of the same coin? [PDF]
, 2015 Polypharmacy, broadly defined as the chronic co-prescription of several drugs [1], has long been recognized as problematic. The greater the number of medicines a patient takes, the greater the risk of adverse effects of any one medicine, and the greater ...
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Coping with complexity: working beyond the guidelines for patients with multimorbidities [PDF]
, 2015 Primary care physicians believe they are delivering evidence-based care, understanding that adherence to evidence-based clinical guidelines results in tangible benefits in the populations for which they were developed.
Treadwell, Julian +2 more
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Multimorbidity transitions and the associated healthcare cost among the Finnish adult population during a two-year follow-up [PDF]
, 2023 Background: Ageing of the population increases the prevalence and coexistence of many chronic diseases; a condition called multimorbidity. In Finland, information on the significance of multimorbidity and its relation to the sustainability of healthcare ...
Linna, Miika +3 more
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Improving the external validity of clinical trials: the case of multiple chronic conditions [PDF]
, 2013 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services vision and strategic framework on multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) incorporates recommendations designed to facilitate research that will improve our knowledge about interventions and systems that will ...
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“You’re an expert in me”: the role of the generalist doctor in the management of patients with multimorbidity [PDF]
, 2015 It is not often that a single patient successfully symbolizes almost every important trend in modern medicine, but one particular man achieved this in a solitary consultation. He was a patient in my general practice.
David Haslam, Haslam, David
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