A scoping review finds a growing trend in studies validating multimorbidity patterns and identifies five broad types of validation methods

Multimorbidity, the presence of two or more long-term conditions, is a growing public health concern. Many studies use analytical methods to discover multimorbidity patterns from data. We aimed to review approaches used in published literature to validate these patterns.

Source: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology - November 10, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Thamer Ba Dhafari, Alexander Pate, Narges Azadbakht, Rowena Bailey, James Rafferty, Farideh Jalali-najafabadi, Glen P. Martin, Abdelaali Hassaine, Ashley Akbari, Jane Lyons, Alan Watkins, Ronan A. Lyons, Niels Peek Tags: Original Article Source Type: research