Multimorbidity and Mental Health ‐Related Quality of Life and Risk of Completed Suicide

ConclusionMultimorbidity is associated with substantially higher suicide mortality risk and worse mental HRQOL across all available scales, even when indexed to physical functioning. These results highlight the substantial mental health burden imposed by multimorbidity at all ages and sexes.

Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - November 24, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Melissa Y. Wei, Kenneth J. Mukamal Tags: Clinical Investigation Source Type: research