Multimorbidity patterns and the association with health status of the oldest-old in long-term care facilities in China: a two-step analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The increasing prevalence of multimorbidity has created a serious global public health problem in aging populations. Certain multimorbidity patterns across different age ranges and their association with health status remain unclear. The main aim of this study is to identify multimorbidity patterns discrepancies and associated health status between younger-old and oldest-old.

Methods

The Ethics Committee of Nanjing Medical University approved the study protocol (No.2019-473). Convenience sampling method was used to recruit older adults aged ≥ 60 years with multimorbidity from July to December 2021 from 38 Landsea long-term care facilities in China. The multimorbidity patterns were analyzed using network analysis and two-step cluster analysis. One-Way ANOVA was uti

SUBMITTER: Chen HL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10720091 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature