Multimorbidity and its socio-economic associations in community-dwelling older adults in rural Tanzania; a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This paper aims to describe the prevalence and socio-economic associations with multimorbidity, by both self-report and clinical assessment/screening methods in community-dwelling older people living in rural Tanzania.

Methods

A randomised frailty-weighted sample of non-institutionalised adults aged ≥ 60 years underwent comprehensive geriatric assessment and in-depth assessment. The comprehensive geriatric assessment consisted of a history and focused clinical examination. The in-depth assessment included standardised questionnaires, screening tools and blood pressure measurement. The prevalence of multimorbidity was calculated for self-report and non-self-reported methods (clinician diagnosis, screening tools and direct measurement). Multimorbidity was defined as

SUBMITTER: Lewis EG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9569067 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature