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Multimorbidity Development in Working People
Multimorbidity is defined as the coexistence of multiple chronic conditions in one person. It affects the way people lead their lives and might be a heavy burden, especially for those with limited material resources. This study explores the prevalence of multimorbidity in the working population and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6926901/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31783589 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16234749 |
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description | Multimorbidity is defined as the coexistence of multiple chronic conditions in one person. It affects the way people lead their lives and might be a heavy burden, especially for those with limited material resources. This study explores the prevalence of multimorbidity in the working population and discusses the distribution of multimorbidity in specific sub-groups. We conducted a longitudinal analysis of nationally representative data in South Korea (Korea Health Panel, 2010–2015). Generalized estimation models were applied to examine the individual effect of socioeconomic status (SES) and job-related variables. We found that about five percent of workers who initially had no or one chronic condition developed multimorbidity during within five years. About 20% of working women had multimorbidity at age 55, about 10 years earlier than working men. A higher prevalence appeared in working women with school-age children, non-standard employment, no autonomy at work, or unskilled occupation. SES was significantly associated with a higher prevalence of multimorbidity in both gender after controlling for the effect of age and other covariates. Multimorbidity is a major health concern in the working population and prevention and control should be promoted in the workplace. |
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spelling | pubmed-69269012019-12-23 Multimorbidity Development in Working People Seo, Sukyong Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Multimorbidity is defined as the coexistence of multiple chronic conditions in one person. It affects the way people lead their lives and might be a heavy burden, especially for those with limited material resources. This study explores the prevalence of multimorbidity in the working population and discusses the distribution of multimorbidity in specific sub-groups. We conducted a longitudinal analysis of nationally representative data in South Korea (Korea Health Panel, 2010–2015). Generalized estimation models were applied to examine the individual effect of socioeconomic status (SES) and job-related variables. We found that about five percent of workers who initially had no or one chronic condition developed multimorbidity during within five years. About 20% of working women had multimorbidity at age 55, about 10 years earlier than working men. A higher prevalence appeared in working women with school-age children, non-standard employment, no autonomy at work, or unskilled occupation. SES was significantly associated with a higher prevalence of multimorbidity in both gender after controlling for the effect of age and other covariates. Multimorbidity is a major health concern in the working population and prevention and control should be promoted in the workplace. MDPI 2019-11-27 2019-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6926901/ /pubmed/31783589 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16234749 Text en © 2019 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Seo, Sukyong Multimorbidity Development in Working People |
title | Multimorbidity Development in Working People |
title_full | Multimorbidity Development in Working People |
title_fullStr | Multimorbidity Development in Working People |
title_full_unstemmed | Multimorbidity Development in Working People |
title_short | Multimorbidity Development in Working People |
title_sort | multimorbidity development in working people |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6926901/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31783589 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16234749 |
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