Agreement between self-reported and general practitioner-reported chronic conditions among multimorbid patients in primary care - results of the MultiCare cohort study

Conclusions:
For multimorbidity research, the knowledge of diseases with high disagreement levels between the patients' perceived illnesses and their physicians' reports is important. The analysis shows that different patient characteristics have an impact on the agreement. Findings from this study should be included in the development of clinical guidelines for multimorbidity aiming to optimize health care. Further research is needed to identify more reasons for disagreement and their consequences in health care.Trial registration: ISRCTN89818205.

Source: BMC Family Practice - March 1, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: Heike HansenIngmar SchäferGerhard SchönSteffi Riedel-HellerJochen GensichenSiegfried WeyererJuliana PetersenHans-Helmut KönigHorst BickelAngela FuchsSusanne HöfelsBirgitt WieseKarl WegscheiderHendrik van den BusscheMartin Scherer Source Type: research