Burden of multimorbidity, socioeconomic status and use of health services across stages of life in urban areas: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Jose M Valderas³  Miguel Ángel Muñoz-Pérez¹  Enriqueta Pujol-Ribera¹  Mariona Pons-Vigués²  Teresa Rodriguez-Blanco²  Albert Roso-Llorach²  Quintí Foguet-Boreu⁴  Concepción Violán¹ 

[1] Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain;Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Barcelona, Spain;Health Services & Policy Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Exeter, Exeter EX1 2 LU, UK;Hospital de Campdevànol, Campdevànol, Spain

关键词: Inequalities;    Urban area;    Life-stage;    Use of health services;    Socioeconomic status;    Chronic conditions;    Multimorbidity;   

Others  :  1130017
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-14-530

 received in 2013-11-18, accepted in 2014-05-15,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

The burden of chronic conditions and multimorbidity is a growing health problem in developed countries. The study aimed to determine the estimated prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity in urban areas of Catalonia, stratified by sex and adult age groups, and to assess whether socioeconomic status and use of primary health care services were associated with multimorbidity.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted in Catalonia. Participants were adults (19+ years) living in urban areas, assigned to 251 primary care teams. Main outcome: multimorbidity (≥2 chronic conditions). Other variables: sex (male/female), age (19–24; 25–44; 45–64; 65–79; 80+ years), socioeconomic status (quintiles), number of health care visits during the study.

Results

We included 1,356,761 patients; mean age, 47.4 years (SD: 17.8), 51.0% women. Multimorbidity was present in 47.6% (95% CI 47.5-47.7) of the sample, increasing with age in both sexes but significantly higher in women (53.3%) than in men (41.7%). Prevalence of multimorbidity in each quintile of the deprivation index was higher in women than in men (except oldest group). In women, multimorbidity prevalence increased with quintile of the deprivation index. Overall, the median (interquartile range) number of primary care visits was 8 (4–14) in multimorbidity vs 1 (0–4) in non-multimorbidity patients. The most prevalent multimorbidity pattern beyond 45 years of age was uncomplicated hypertension and lipid disorder. Compared with the least deprived group, women in other quintiles of the deprivation index were more likely to have multimorbidity than men until 65 years of age. The odds of multimorbidity increased with number of visits in all strata.

Conclusions

When all chronic conditions were included in the analysis, almost 50% of the adult urban population had multimorbidity. The prevalence of multimorbidity differed by sex, age group and socioeconomic status. Multimorbidity patterns varied by life-stage and sex; however, circulatory-endocrine-metabolic patterns were the most prevalent multimorbidity pattern after 45 years of age. Women younger than 80 years had greater prevalence of multimorbidity than men, and women’s multimorbidity prevalence increased as socioeconomic status declined in all age groups. Identifying multimorbidity patterns associated with specific age-related life-stages allows health systems to prioritize and to adapt clinical management efforts by age group.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Violán et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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