Cross-sectional examination of musculoskeletal conditions and multimorbidity: influence of different thresholds and definitions on prevalence and association estimates
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- 作者：Dianne B. Lowe ; Michael J. Taylor ; Sophie J. Hill
- 关键词：Multimorbidity ; Comorbidity ; Musculoskeletal conditions ; Prevalence
- 刊名：BMC Research Notes
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：10
- 期：1
- 全文大小：1424KB
- 刊物主题：Biomedicine, general; Medicine/Public Health, general; Life Sciences, general;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1756-0500
- 卷排序：10
文摘
BackgroundMultimorbidity and musculoskeletal conditions create substantial burden for people and health systems. Quantifying the extent of co-occurring conditions is hampered by conceptual heterogeneity, imprecision and/or indecision about how multimorbidity is defined. The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of different ways of operationalising multimorbidity on multimorbidity prevalence rates with a focus on working-age adults with musculoskeletal conditions. Weighted population prevalence rates of multimorbidity among working-age Australians were estimated using data from the National Health Survey. Two nominal thresholds (2+ or 3+ co-occurring conditions) and three operational definitions of multimorbidity (survey-, policy- and research-based) were examined. Using logistic regression, we estimated the association between the prevalence of multimorbidity among persons with musculoskeletal conditions compared to persons with non-musculoskeletal conditions for each definition and threshold combination.