Multimorbidity prevalence and patterns across socioeconomic determinants: a cross-sectional survey

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Calypse B Agborsangaya¹  Jeffrey A Johnson¹  Darren Lau¹  Markus Lahtinen²  Tim Cooke² 

[1] Department of Public Health Sciences, 2-040 Li Ka Shing Center for Health Research and Innovation, University of Alberta, T6G 2E1, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;Health Quality Council of Alberta, Calgary, Alberta, Canada;

关键词: Chronic Condition;    General Adult Population;    Cumulative Illness Rate Scale;    Health Zone;    Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-12-201

 received in 2011-09-06, accepted in 2012-03-19,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundStudies on the prevalence of multimorbidity, defined as having two or more chronic conditions, have predominantly focused on the elderly. We estimated the prevalence and specific patterns of multimorbidity across different adult age groups. Furthermore, we examined the associations of multimorbidity with socio-demographic factors.MethodsUsing data from the Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA) 2010 Patient Experience Survey, the prevalence of self reported multimorbidity was assessed by telephone interview among a sample of 5010 adults (18 years and over) from the general population. Logistic regression analyses were performed to determine the association between a range of socio-demographic factors and multimorbidity.ResultsThe overall age- and sex-standardized prevalence of multimorbidity was 19.0% in the surveyed general population. Of those with multimorbidity, 70.2% were aged less than 65 years. The most common pairing of chronic conditions was chronic pain and arthritis. Age, sex, income and family structure were independently associated with multimorbidity.ConclusionsMultimorbidity is a common occurrence in the general adult population, and is not limited to the elderly. Future prevention programs and practice guidelines should take into account the common patterns of multimorbidity.

【 授权许可】

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© Agborsangaya et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.