Distress, multimorbidity, and complex multimorbidity among Chinese and Korean American older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies suggest that distress is associated with various health conditions such as hypertension, asthma, diabetes, and coronary heart disease. However, only few studies focused on Asian Americans and little is known about the association with multiple comorbidity.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional analysis among 400 Chinese and Korean American participants (aged 50-75 years) of the STOP CRC randomized controlled trial. Perceived distress was assessed using the distress thermometer scale (range 0-10). Disease diagnosis was self-reported by the participants. Multimorbidity (MM) was defined as having ≥2 chronic conditions. Complex multimorbidity (CMM) was defined as having ≥3 of the following body system disorders: circulation disorder, endocrine-metabolic disor

SUBMITTER: Oh H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10830023 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature