Authors
Noe Garin, Ai Koyanagi, Somnath Chatterji, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Beatriz Olaya, Matilde Leonardi, Elvira Lara, Seppo Koskinen, Beata Tobiasz-Adamczyk, Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos, Josep Maria Haro
Publication date
2016/2/1
Journal
The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
Volume
71
Issue
2
Pages
205-214
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
Background
Population ageing challenges health care systems due to the high prevalence and impact of multimorbidity in older adults. However, little is known about how chronic conditions present in certain multimorbidity patterns, which could have great impact on public health at several levels. The aim of our study was to identify and describe multimorbidity patterns in low-, middle-, and high-income countries.
Methods
We analyzed data from the Collaborative Research on Ageing in Europe project (Finland, Poland, and Spain) and the World Health Organization’s Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russia, and South Africa). These cross-sectional studies obtained data from 41,909 noninstitutionalized adults older than 50 years. Exploratory factor analysis was performed to detect multimorbidity patterns. Additional adjusted binary logistic …
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