Multimorbidity and patterns of chronic conditions in a primary care population in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterise in details a random sample of multimorbid patients in Switzerland and to evaluate the clustering of chronic conditions in that sample.

Methods

100 general practitioners (GPs) each enrolled 10 randomly selected multimorbid patients aged ≥18 years old and suffering from at least three chronic conditions. The prevalence of 75 separate chronic conditions from the International Classification of Primary Care-2 (ICPC-2) was evaluated in these patients. Clusters of chronic conditions were studied in parallel.

Results

The final database included 888 patients. Mean (SD) patient age was 73.0 (12.0) years old. They suffered from 5.5 (2.2) chronic conditions and were prescribed 7.7 (3.5) drugs; 25.7% suffered from depression. Psychological conditions wer

SUBMITTER: Deruaz-Luyet A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5734197 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature