The role of diseases, risk factors and symptoms in the definition of multimorbidity – a systematic review

KEY POINTS: The increasing number of multimorbidity patients challenges the healthcare system. The concept of multimorbidity needs further discussion in order to be implemented in daily clinical practice. Many definitions of multimorbidity exist and most often a cut-off point of two or more is appli...

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Autores principales: Willadsen, Tora Grauers, Bebe, Anna, Køster-Rasmussen, Rasmus, Jarbøl, Dorte Ejg, Guassora, Ann Dorrit, Waldorff, Frans Boch, Reventlow, Susanne, Olivarius, Niels de Fine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4977932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26954365
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02813432.2016.1153242
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Sumario:KEY POINTS: The increasing number of multimorbidity patients challenges the healthcare system. The concept of multimorbidity needs further discussion in order to be implemented in daily clinical practice. Many definitions of multimorbidity exist and most often a cut-off point of two or more is applied to a range of 4–147 different conditions. Diseases are included in all definitions of multimorbidity. Risk factors are often included in existing definitions, whereas symptoms and the severity of the conditions are less frequently included.

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