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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"multimorbidity"”.
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Modelling mortality heterogeneity using health trajectories and multimorbidity
… It is important to address the link between multimorbidity and the pricing of health and longevity linked products in the actuarial literature. The last project in this thesis seeks to find the best way to incorporate multimorbidity in the pricing of long term care products. We compare two …
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Chronic Disease Development and Multimorbidity Among Immigrants and Refugees in Ontario
… Yet, a detailed profile of chronic disease and multimorbidity risk patterns across different immigrant populations has been lacking in Canada. The purpose of this dissertation is to identify knowledge gaps in the scientific literature on the development of chronic conditions and multimorbidity …
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Nursing home residents with mental and physical multimorbidity. Characteristics, neuropsychiatric symptoms and needs
Contains fulltext : 204528.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Multimorbidity in Diverse Populations: Stratified Analysis of Race/Ethnicity, Age, Obesity, and Healthcare Costs
… how Body Mass Index (BMI) cutoffs relate to multimorbidity across races in the United States (US). Given the significant and growing rates of obesity and multimorbidity, as well as the known differences in healthy fat distribution among different races, this is an important area of research. …
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Multimorbidity in Bangladesh: Burden and Correlates in the Bangladesh Longitudinal Investigation of Emerging Vascular and nonvascular Events (BELIEVE) Study
Background: Multimorbidity, a major global health concern nowadays, is increasing at an alarming rate worldwide, including in South Asian countries. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) explain the majority of current global mortality and with an increasingly ageing population, NCD multimorbidity can …
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Epidemiology of multimorbidity and polypharmacy in ageing: a complementary analysis of mental and brain health in three datasets
Multimorbidity, the co-existence of two or more chronic conditions, is common and increasing in prevalence. It is associated with poor outcomes for patients and increased costs for healthcare providers, so is attracting attention both from policymakers and researchers. The use of multiple …
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Examining the Relationship Between Home Care Rehabilitation Therapy Services and Healthcare Utilization Among Those with Multimorbidity in Ontario, Canada
Individuals that experience multimorbidity are higher healthcare users and at an increased risk for poor health outcomes and functional decline. Rehabilitation therapists (occupational and physical therapists) can help these individuals with complex health challenges to address their functional …
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SYSTEMIC ALTERATIONS AND BRAIN CHANGES IN PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY. THE OCTODON DEGUS AS A MODEL OF AGING AND MULTIMORBIDITY
L'aspettativa di vita a livello globale è aumentata drasticamente nell'ultimo secolo, con il conseguente aumento della percentuale di persone con più di 65 anni. Purtroppo, l’aumento della longevità non è stato accompagnato da un aumento degli anni di "vita libera dalla malattia". Al contrario, …
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Analysis of factors of importance for drug use
… effect of these factors, with adjustment for multimorbidity, is highly relevant to study to ensure equality in drug use. Objectives: 1. To examine drug use related to age, gender, income and education after adjustment for multimorbidity, in an entire adult population and in a population where …
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Non-communicable diseases in public sector primary care clinics in South Africa: multimorbidity, control, treatment, socioeconomic associations, and evaluation of educational outreach with a clinical management tool
… and case detection for the depression cohort. Multimorbidity, NCD care and their socioeconomic associations were assessed on the whole trial cohort (combining intervention and control arms) at baseline and follow-up. The results are presented in published papers. Baseline data revealed …
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Connection to Perinatal Care for the Management of Maternal Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Pregnancy
… three study groups of interest included an IBD, multimorbidity, and healthy control group. Frequencies and proportions were used to report adequacy of prenatal care levels derived from the Revised-Graduated Prenatal Care Utilization Index as well as obstetrical and newborn outcomes in our study …
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The use and disaggregation of survey data to study the cross-sectional and spatial distribution of multimorbidity and its association with socioeconomic disadvantage in South Africa
… of HIV, tuberculosis and noncommunicable disease multimorbidity and the association with socioeconomic disadvantage at a South African, Western Cape Province and urban/intra-urban scale for 2008 and 2012. This study was framed within a health geography context and draws attention to the reality of …
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Attributable Healthcare Costs of Diabetes Complications in Alberta Adults: A Longitudinal Retrospective Cohort Analysis
… longer-term follow-up costs, and accounting for multimorbidity. This study aimed to estimate the attributable direct healthcare costs of major diabetes-related complications among adults in Alberta, Canada, and to examine cost trajectories following the acute event period. A longitudinal …
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The epidemiology of hospital admissions in a general population: record linkage of hospital episode statistics to the European Prospective Investigation of Cancer (EPIC-Norfolk) cohort
… codes were used to construct a hospital multimorbidity outcome using the Charlson Comorbidity Index above the level of 3. Logistic regression was the primary statistical model used throughout the analyses. Exposures were examined prospectively, prior to any hospital admission. The current …
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Krankheitsinzidenzen des Hundes - Der Einfluss des Alters sowie von Geschlecht, Größe und Rasse
… breeds, respectively, have been observed. The multimorbidity increased significantly with the age. Additionally, the height and the breed of the patients also affected it. The multimorbidity of big dogs was lower than that of small dogs. Poodles, Dachshunds and Spaniels showed the highest …
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Early palliative care for people with advanced illnesses: research into practice
… for patients with heart disease and advanced multimorbidity. My first paper reported secondary analysis of data generated from a qualitative study of the illness and care experiences of patients with advanced heart failure. This work used innovative, qualitative research methods to explore and …
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A cross-sectional analysis on the association between pain and making tradeoffs for survival using a multidimensional health assessment tool among older adults living in low-to middle-income areas in Cape Town, South Africa
… to accommodate older multimorbid populations. Multimorbidity presents as an elevated risk for the health and wellbeing of older populations and occurs when more than one chronic condition is present. Globally pain is a common symptom among older adults that impairs health with severe …
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Pain Reports among a Complex Chronic Care Population in Canada
… The literature review provides an overview of multimorbidity, complex chronic disease, acute and chronic pain, and the interactions between these constructs. The present dissertation comprises three studies that examine reports of pain among the CCD population, with each study drawing upon data …
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The epidemiology of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDS) and NCD risk factors in adolescents & youth living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa
… base in LMIC settings by investigating NCD multimorbidity and risk factors in AYLHIV within a context of epidemiological transition and urbanisation. Objectives: This aim is achieved by fulfilling the following research objectives: 1. To investigate the extent to which NCD comorbidity …
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