Multimorbidity and Complex Multimorbidity in India: Findings from the 2017-2018 Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI).

ABSTRACT: Complex multimorbidity refers to the co-occurrence of three or more chronic illnesses across >2 body systems, which may identify persons in need of additional medical support and treatment. There is a scarcity of evidence on the differences in patient outcomes between non-complex (≥2 conditions) and complex multimorbidity groups. We evaluated the prevalence and patient outcomes of complex multimorbidity and compared them to non-complex multimorbidity. We included 30,489 multimorbid individuals aged ≥45 years from the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) from wave-1 conducted in 2017-2018. We employed a log link in generalised linear models (GLM) to identify possible risk factors presenting the adjusted prevalence-risk ratio (APRR) and adjusted prevalence-risk difference (APRD) with

SUBMITTER: Sinha A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9332385 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature