Individual diseases or clustering of health conditions? Association between multiple chronic diseases and health-related quality of life in adults

Individual diseases or clustering of health conditions? Association between multiple chronic diseases and health-related quality of life in adults

Abstract Background Chronic diseases are highly prevalent and cluster in individuals (multimorbidity). This study investigated the association between multimorbidity and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), assessing the combination of chronic diseases highly correlated with this outcome. Methods...

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Main Authors: David Alejandro González-Chica, Catherine L. Hill, Tiffany K. Gill, Phillipa Hay, Dandara Haag, Nigel Stocks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Subjects:
Quality of life
Multimorbidity
Multiple chronic conditions
Chronic disease
Epidemiologic methods
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12955-017-0806-6

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