Title |
The influence of age, gender and socio-economic status on multimorbidity patterns in primary care. first results from the multicare cohort study
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Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, April 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-12-89 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Ingmar Schäfer, Heike Hansen, Gerhard Schön, Susanne Höfels, Attila Altiner, Anne Dahlhaus, Jochen Gensichen, Steffi Riedel-Heller, Siegfried Weyerer, Wolfgang A Blank, Hans-Helmut König, Olaf von dem Knesebeck, Karl Wegscheider, Martin Scherer, Hendrik van den Bussche, Birgitt Wiese |
Abstract |
Multimorbidity is a phenomenon with high burden and high prevalence in the elderly. Our previous research has shown that multimorbidity can be divided into the multimorbidity patterns of 1) anxiety, depression, somatoform disorders (ADS) and pain, and 2) cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. However, it is not yet known, how these patterns are influenced by patient characteristics. The objective of this paper is to analyze the association of socio-demographic variables, and especially socio-economic status with multimorbidity in general and with each multimorbidity pattern. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Germany | 3 | <1% |
United States | 2 | <1% |
Canada | 2 | <1% |
France | 1 | <1% |
Brazil | 1 | <1% |
Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
Bangladesh | 1 | <1% |
India | 1 | <1% |
Russia | 1 | <1% |
Other | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 357 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 62 | 17% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 55 | 15% |
Student > Master | 53 | 14% |
Student > Bachelor | 30 | 8% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 26 | 7% |
Other | 70 | 19% |
Unknown | 75 | 20% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 129 | 35% |
Social Sciences | 34 | 9% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 27 | 7% |
Psychology | 19 | 5% |
Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 12 | 3% |
Other | 51 | 14% |
Unknown | 99 | 27% |