Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTC) and the Environment: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Background: Multiple Long Term conditions (MLTC) are a major health care challenge associated with high service utilisation and expenditure. Once established, the trajectory to an increased number and severity of conditions, hospital admission, increased social care need and mortality is multifactorial. The role of wider environmental determinants in the MLTC sequelae is unclear. Aim: the aim of this review was to summarise and collate existing evidence on environmental determinants on established MLTC. Methods: comprehensive search of Medline, Embase, Cochrane, CINAHL and Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE), from inception to 4th June 2022 in addition to grey literature. Two authors independently screened and extracted papers. Disagreements were resolved with a th

SUBMITTER: Dambha-Miller H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9517156 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature