[HTML][HTML] Clustering of comorbidities

YV Chudasama, K Khunti, MJ Davies - Future Healthcare Journal, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Within the last decade, clustering of comorbidities has become an increasing health problem
on a global scale and will continue to challenge healthcare professionals in the coming …

[HTML][HTML] Multimorbidity: epidemiology and models of care

A Marengoni, RJF Melis, A Prados Torres… - BioMed research …, 2016 - hindawi.com
Due to the aging of the population, the prevalence of chronic diseases is progressively
increasing and most older adults experience the cooccurrence of multiple diseases, a …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying multimorbidity clusters in an unselected population of hospitalised patients

L Robertson, R Vieira, J Butler, M Johnston… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Multimorbidity (multiple coexisting chronic health conditions) is common and increasing
worldwide, and makes care challenging for both patients and healthcare systems. To ensure …

[HTML][HTML] The multimorbidity cluster analysis tool: identifying combinations and permutations of multiple chronic diseases using a record-level computational analysis

K Nicholson, M Bauer, AL Terry, M Fortin… - BMJ Health & Care …, 2017 - informatics.bmj.com
Introduction Multimorbidity, or the co-occurrence of multiple chronic health conditions within
an individual, is an increasingly dominant presence and burden in modern health care …

Multimorbidity research challenges: where to go from here?

GE Caughey, EE Roughead - Journal of Comorbidity, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

The multimorbidity epidemic: challenges for real-world research

M Adan, C Gillies, F Tyrer, K Khunti - Primary Health Care Research …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Multimorbidity, defined as the co-occurrence of two or more long-term medical conditions in
the same individual, continues to be a major health and social care challenge. Evidence …

[HTML][HTML] The prevalence of disease clusters in older adults with multiple chronic diseases–a systematic literature review

J Sinnige, J Braspenning, F Schellevis… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Since most clinical guidelines address single diseases, treatment of patients
with multimorbidity, the co-occurrence of multiple (chronic) diseases within one person, can …

Facing the challenge of multimorbidity

B Azaïs, J Bowis, M Wismar - Journal of comorbidity, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Accepted: Jan 25, 2016; Published: Feb 17, 2016 a specific condition that requires tailored
solutions and approaches. The urgent need to tackle multimorbidity in a more strategic …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristics, service use and mortality of clusters of multimorbid patients in England: a population-based study

Y Zhu, D Edwards, J Mant, RA Payne, S Kiddle - BMC medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background Multimorbidity is associated with mortality and service use, with specific types of
multimorbidity having differential effects. Additionally, multimorbidity is often negatively …

Improving the health of people with multimorbidity: the need for prospective cohort studies

SW Mercer, J Gunn, S Wyke - Journal of Comorbidity, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The dramatic rise in long-term conditions (LTCs) represents a major challenge for
individuals, families, and healthcare systems worldwide [1]. Due to the scale of this rise, the …