Among people ages fifty and older, overall multimorbidity increased from 38.2 percent in 2006-07 to 41.5 percent in 2015, found authors.
Chronic Conditions on the Rise in People Above 50 Years of Age
A team of researchers has found that in the last decade there has been a ten percent rise in people above 50 with more than one chronic disease.
A team of researchers has found that in the last decade there has been a ten percent rise in people above 50 with more than one chronic disease.
‘Multimorbidity is defined as two or more coexisting chronic health conditions, which has been associated with worse physical and mental health outcomes. ’
While most countries registered a significant increase of multimorbidity, declines were seen in Denmark and Italy. Germany saw the greatest change, from 34.2 percent in 2006-07 to 44.6 percent in 2015. "Our findings provide further evidence supporting the need to implement national patient-centered strategies to improve care and health outcomes for older people with multiple chronic conditions and the importance of identifying indicators that might be used to monitor the prevalence of multimorbidity and its burden on European health care systems," the authors conclude.
Source-Eurekalert
Multiple Health Conditions may be Found in Older Women
The number of cases of people with multimorbidity or multiple health conditions is increasing, creating significant challenges in healthcare, with a higher rate found in older women.
The number of cases of people with multimorbidity or multiple health conditions is increasing, creating significant challenges in healthcare, with a higher rate found in older women.
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