The influence of age, gender and socio-economic status on multimorbidity patterns in primary care. First results from the multicare cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multimorbidity is a phenomenon with high burden and high prevalence in the elderly. Our previous research has shown that multimorbidity can be divided into the multimorbidity patterns of 1) anxiety, depression, somatoform disorders (ADS) and pain, and 2) cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. However, it is not yet known, how these patterns are influenced by patient characteristics. The objective of this paper is to analyze the association of socio-demographic variables, and especially socio-economic status with multimorbidity in general and with each multimorbidity pattern.

Methods

The MultiCare Cohort Study is a multicentre, prospective, observational cohort study of 3.189 multimorbid patients aged 65+ randomly selected from 158 GP practices. Data were collecte

SUBMITTER: Schafer I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3348059 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature