Factors related to health-related quality of life in older people with multimorbidity and high health care consumption over a two-year period.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of multimorbidity is increasing worldwide, and older people with multimorbidity are frequent users of health care services. Since multimorbidity has a significant negative impact on Health-related Quality of Life (HrQoL) and is more common in older age it would be expected that factors related to HrQoL in this group might have been thoroughly researched, but this is not the case. Furthermore, it is important to look at old people living at home, considering the shift from residential to home-based care. Therefore, we aim to investigate factors that are related to HrQoL in older people with multimorbidity and high health care consumption, living at home.

Methods

This is a secondary analysis of a RCT study conducted in a municipality in south-eastern

SUBMITTER: Klompstra L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6612189 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature