First of all, the same group of researchers showed that not only did the presence
of multimorbidity come in at a younger age for the socioeconomically deprived, but the types of conditions they suffered from were different.
Rising numbers of people are living with two or more long - term health conditions — known
as multimorbidity.
Effectiveness of a complex intervention on Prioritising Multimedication
in Multimorbidity (PRIMUM) in primary care: results of a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial
A report from the Academy of Medical Sciences points to an alarming lack of information
about multimorbidity - a scenario where a patient suffers several diseases simultaneously.
They show that
while multimorbidity is more common in those older then 65, more than half of those with more than one medical condition are younger than this.
Integrated primary care for patients with mental and
physical multimorbidity: cluster randomised controlled trial of collaborative care for patients with depression comorbid with diabetes or cardiovascular disease.
Association between nutrition and the evolution
of multimorbidity: The importance of fruits and vegetables and whole grain products
The pair conclude that improving the health of people
with multimorbidities will involve increased access to and coordination between a variety of services.
Patients with multiple chronic illnesses, otherwise known
as multimorbidities, are a reality of daily practice for most primary care practitioners.
As the authors of the study, Elizabeth Lee Reisinger Walker and Benjamin G. Druss, observe: «The health of individuals in the U.S.A. is increasingly being defined by complexity and
multimorbidity, the co-occurrence of two or more chronic medical conditions.»
Results showed that women under 46 who underwent bilateral oophorectomy experienced a higher incidence of the 18 chronic conditions considered one at a time, except cancer, and an accelerated rate of accumulation of combined conditions, or
multimorbidity.
In March 2018, the Open Access journal PLOS Medicine published a special issue on «Cardiovascular disease and
multimorbidity.»
«The fact that we found greater cost savings for cancer patients with more comorbidities than for those with fewer comorbidities raises the question of whether similar results would be observed in patients with other serious illnesses and
multimorbidity,» said Professor Peter May of Trinity College Dublin and a former visiting research fellow in the Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and co-author of the study.
Geriatric conditions, rather than
multimorbidity, as predictors of disability and mortality among octogenarians: a population - based cohort study
A Guest Editorial for the Special Issue on CVD and
Multimorbidity, by Kazem Rahimi, Carolyn Lam, and Steven Steinhubl.
Senior Editor Amy Ross discusses the content published in week 1 of the PLOS Medicine Special Issue on CVD and
multimorbidity.
Read the Author Summary, or see the special issue on CVD and
multimorbidity.
The Special Issue on CVD and
multimorbidity was curated by guest editors Prof. Carolyn S.P. Lam, Prof. Kazem Rahimi, and Dr. Steven Steinhubl.
In a Perspective for the collection on Cardiovascular Disease and
Multimorbidity, Joshua Knowles and Euan Ashley discuss the potential for use of genetic risk scores in clinical practice.
Recent research suggests that greater consumption of vegetable, whole grain products, and fruits may lower the risk of
multimorbidity.
Estimates suggest that around a quarter of all Australians have
multimorbidities, and this increases to around 80 % of those over the age of 60.
Examining different measures of
multimorbidity, using a large prospective cross-sectional study in Australian general practice
The association between chronic illness,
multimorbidity and depressive symptoms in an Australian primary care cohort.
First of all, it means that
the multimorbidity and need for complex services that we are expecting as the population ages is already here for the worst - off sections of our society.
Mapping of global scientific research in comorbidity and
multimorbidity: A cross-sectional analysis.
Managing the Needs of Older Patients with
Multimorbidity — A Systematic Review of the Challenges Faced by the Healthcare Services