Prevalence of multimorbidity and its correlates among older adults in Eastern Nepal

• Published in: BMC geriatrics Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 425 - 9
• Main Authors: Balakrishnan, Siva, Karmacharya, Isha, Ghimire, Saruna, Mistry, Sabuj Kanti, Singh, Devendra Raj, Yadav, Om Prakash, Gudi, Nachiket, Rawal, Lal Bahadur, Yadav, Uday Narayan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 16.05.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Aged; Aged patients; Care and treatment; Chronic Disease; Chronic diseases; Chronic illnesses; Comorbidity; Coronary artery disease; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data analysis; Data collection; Demography; Developing countries; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Ethics; Geriatrics; Health care policy; Heart diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; LDCs; Middle Aged; Morbidity; Multimorbidity; NCDs; Nepal; Nepal - epidemiology; Older adults; Older people; Osteoarthritis; Population; Prevalence; Public health; Respiratory diseases; Response rates; Risk factors; Rural areas; Statistical analysis; Variables; Nepal; NCDs; Chronic diseases; Older adults; Nepal; Multimorbidity

The number of people with multimorbidity is surging around the world. Although multimorbidity has been introduced in policy and practice in developed countries, developing countries like Nepal have not considered it as a matter of public health urgency due to the lack of enough epidemiological data....