Multi-morbidity and patient-reported functional limitations: a population-based cohort study

ABSTRACT:

Background

Persons who accumulate chronic conditions at a rate faster than their peers may experience accelerated aging and poor health outcomes, including functional limitations.

Methods

Adults aged ≥40 years who resided in Olmsted County, Minnesota on 1 January 2006 were identified. The prevalence of 21 chronic conditions was ascertained, and age-specific quartiles of the number of chronic conditions was estimated within 4 age groups: 40–54, 55–64, 65–74, and ≥75 years. Difficulty with nine patient-reported functional limitations (including basic and instrumental activities of daily living and mobility activities) were ascertained through 31 October 2018. Cox regression was used to model associations of chronic condition quartiles with new-onset functional limitations c

SUBMITTER: Chamberlain A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9158431 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature