ArticleFrontiers in public health2024
Prevalence and pattern of multimorbidity in China: a cross-sectional study of 224,142 adults over 60 years old.
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- "Falls in older people receiving home healthcare services at armed forces hospital Southern Region: prevalence, associated factors, and consequent injuries".BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Association between multimorbidity and childhood socioeconomic status with depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older adults in rural western China.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Changing epidemiology of non-occupational acute carbon monoxide poisoning and the increasing share of older adults during the clean heating transition: a 10-year emergency department study in rural Tianjin, China.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Primary care physicians' preferences for implementation strategies of deprescribing among patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy in China: a qualitative study.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Multimorbidity Patterns and Depression: Bridging Epidemiological Associations with Predictive Analytics for Risk Stratification.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Chronic morbidity levels and associated factors among older adults in western Nepal: A cross-sectional study.Journal of multimorbidity and comorbidityArticle
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Abstract
Aim: To examine the prevalence and potential risk factors of multimorbidity among older adult in China. In addition, we investigated the pattern of multimorbidity. Methods: This study is based on data from the fourth Sample Survey of the Aged Population in Urban and Rural China (SSAPUR) in 2015, a comprehensive survey of individuals aged 60 years or older in China. We calculated baseline data and prevalence rates for comorbidities, stratified by household registration, age, sex, education, exercise, and health insurance. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify potential risk factors for comorbidities. Furthermore, we determined the prevalence rates for the three most frequent disease combinations. Results: A total of 215,040 participants were included in our analysis. The prevalence of multimorbidity was 50.5% among the older adult in China. The prevalence rate was slightly higher in rural areas than in urban areas, with rates of 51.5 and 49.6%, respectively ( Conclusion: Our findings indicate a high prevalence of multimorbidity among the older adult in China. Increased expenditure on preventive health care, popularization of general medicine and popular medical education may be adopted by the Government to cope with the high prevalence of multimorbidity.
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