multimorbidity
Sign in to saveAlso known as multiple long-term conditions, multiple morbidities, MLTC, multiple chronic conditions, multimorbidita
Multimorbidity, also known as multiple long-term conditions (MLTC), means living with two or more chronic illnesses. For example, a person could have diabetes, heart disease and depression at the same time. Multimorbidity can have a significant impact on people's health and wellbeing. It also poses a complex challenge to healthcare systems which are traditionally focused on individual diseases. Multiple long-term conditions can affect people of any age, but they are more common in older age, affecting more than half of people over 65 years old.
Research
18,748 papers- Frailty and Multimorbidity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2019
- Recommendations and quality of multimorbidity guidelines: A systematic review.Ageing research reviews · 2024
- Multimorbidity in people with epilepsy.Seizure · 2023
- Multimorbidity in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Literature Review and Future Directions.Current rheumatology reports · 2024
- Multimorbidity patterns and 18-year transitions from normal cognition to dementia and death: A population-based study.Journal of internal medicine · 2023
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chronic condition
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- Commons category
- Multimorbidity
- different from
- comorbidity
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Definition
- Difference from comorbidity
- Definitions
- Naming
- Causes
- Risk factors
- Diagnosis and impact
- Mental health
- Healthcare
- Medication management
- Prevention
- Epidemiology
- As a global health issue and in the demographic transition
- Health inequalities
- Deprivation and poverty
- Ethnicity and sexual orientation
- Research directions
- References
- External links
Multimorbidity, also known as multiple long-term conditions (MLTC), means living with two or more chronic illnesses. For example, a person could have diabetes, heart disease and depression at the same time. Multimorbidity can have a significant impact on people's health and wellbeing. It also poses a complex challenge to healthcare systems which are traditionally focused on individual diseases. Multiple long-term conditions can affect people of any age, but they are more common in older age, affecting more than half of people over 65 years old.
== Definition == The concept of multiple long-term conditions is not clearly defined and may be referred to by various names.
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