Magnitude and Impact of Multimorbidity on Clinical Outcomes in Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease: A Literature Review
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UMass Chan Affiliations
Meyers Primary Care InstituteDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences
Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine
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Journal ArticlePublication Date
2016-05-01Keywords
Cardiovascular diseaseClinical outcomes
Elderly
Multimorbidity
Cardiology
Cardiovascular Diseases
Geriatrics
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The authors aim to synthesize the current literature on the magnitude and impact of multimorbidity on clinical outcomes in older adults with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Most studies reported a significant association between the number of morbidities and the risk of dying. Multimorbidity was assessed either by counting the number of conditions or by use of the Charlson or Elixhauser indices. There are limited data available on the magnitude and impact of multimorbidity on clinical outcomes in patients with CVD and essentially no data on universal health outcomes (eg, health-related quality of life, symptom burden, and function).Source
Clin Geriatr Med. 2016 May;32(2):227-46. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2016.01.014. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.1016/j.cger.2016.01.014Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/28883PubMed ID
27113143Related Resources
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10.1016/j.cger.2016.01.014