Trajectories of multimorbidity: exploring patterns of multimorbidity in patients with more than ten chronic health problems in life course

Conclusion: There are many challenges facing multimorbidity research, including the implementation of a longitudinal, life-time approach from a family practice perspective. The present study, although exploratory by nature, shows that both general and specific mechanisms characterize the development of multimorbidity trajectories. A very small proportion of patients has a very high number of chronic health problems (MM11+) and keeps adding health problems in their life. However, GP?s need to realise that more than one third of their patients accumulate four or more chronic health problems (MM4-5 and MM6-10) in their lifetime.
Source: BMC Family Practice - Category: Primary Care Authors: Source Type: research