Déruaz-Luyet, Anouk; N'Goran, A Alexandra; Senn, Nicolas; Bodenmann, Patrick; Pasquier, Jérôme; Widmer, Daniel; Tandjung, Ryan; Rosemann, Thomas; Frey, Peter; Streit, Sven; Zeller, Andreas; Haller, Dagmar M; Excoffier, Sophie; Burnand, Bernard; Herzig, Lilli (2017). Multimorbidity and patterns of chronic conditions in a primary care population in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study. BMJ open, 7(6), e013664. BMJ Publishing Group 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013664
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OBJECTIVE
To characterise in details a random sample of multimorbid patients in Switzerland and to evaluate the clustering of chronic conditions in that sample.
METHODS
100 general practitioners (GPs) each enrolled 10 randomly selected multimorbid patients aged ≥18 years old and suffering from at least three chronic conditions. The prevalence of 75 separate chronic conditions from the International Classification of Primary Care-2 (ICPC-2) was evaluated in these patients. Clusters of chronic conditions were studied in parallel.
RESULTS
The final database included 888 patients. Mean (SD) patient age was 73.0 (12.0) years old. They suffered from 5.5 (2.2) chronic conditions and were prescribed 7.7 (3.5) drugs; 25.7% suffered from depression. Psychological conditions were more prevalent among younger individuals (≤66 years old). Cluster analysis of chronic conditions with a prevalence ≥5% in the sample revealed four main groups of conditions: (1) cardiovascular risk factors and conditions, (2) general age-related and metabolic conditions, (3) tobacco and alcohol dependencies, and (4) pain, musculoskeletal and psychological conditions.
CONCLUSION
Given the emerging epidemic of multimorbidity in industrialised countries, accurately depicting the multiple expressions of multimorbidity in family practices' patients is a high priority. Indeed, even in a setting where patients have direct access to medical specialists, GPs nevertheless retain a key role as coordinators and often as the sole medical reference for multimorbid patients.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Medical Education > Institute of General Practice and Primary Care (BIHAM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Frey, Peter, Streit, Sven |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services |
ISSN: |
2044-6055 |
Publisher: |
BMJ Publishing Group |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Doris Kopp Heim |
Date Deposited: |
06 Jul 2017 09:05 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:06 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013664 |
PubMed ID: |
28674127 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Switzerland epidemiology family medicine multimorbidity |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.101755 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/101755 |
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