Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity

Learning from these policies show there has to be enhanced training for healthcare providers, methods to assist self management for patients and strengthening of primary care to address multimorbidity in these settings 🏥

54 documents were analysed - though no specific policies around managing multiple non communicable diseases were identified though disease specific policies did consider comorbidity 📑

This review searched for contemporary policies for managing multiple non communicable diseases in India 🇮🇳, South Africa 🇿🇦 and Thailand 🇹🇭

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Non-communicable disease multi-morbidity in policies from India, Thailand, and South Africa: A comparative document review by Joseph et al.

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Themes such as ‘investigation and monitoring’ were most prevalent compared to themes such as ‘accumulation and complexity’ and ‘financial work’ - highlighting the need to enrich records with patient-centred data 🙋🏻

By developing clinically correlated code lists, trends were analysed over 20 years using a cohort of over 5 million patients 📈

Focusing on individuals with a history of a mental health condition, this study evaluated the representation of these themes and their constituent concepts in EHR data 🏥

This study built on previous qualitative work which identified 8 patient-centred themes capturing the work involved in living with multiple long-term conditions 💡

Capturing the human impact of living with multiple long-term conditions in routine electronic health records – lost in translation? - Simon D. S. Fraser, Emilia Holland, Lynn Laidlaw, Nick A. Francis,... Background Living with multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs) involves ‘work’. A recent qualitative synthesis identified eight patient-centred work themes: ‘lear...

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Capturing the human impact of living with multiple long-term conditions in routine electronic health records – lost in translation? From Fraser et al

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This work has implications for public health in Nepal:
- identifying the needs of an urban, older population
- highlighting differences in health needs across genders
- the need to target high risk populations for health interventions 🎯

Age, gender and healthcare visits were associated with having a chronic condition 🏥

About 40% of participants had one chronic disease and 25% had two or more ⚕️

This study explores the burden of chronic conditions across three regions in Nepal and their association with contributing factors 🇳🇵

Chronic morbidity levels and associated factors among older adults in western Nepal: A cross-sectional study - Aman Shrestha, Krishna Prasad Sapkota, Isha Karmacharya, Lirisha Tuladhar, Preeti Bhattar... Objective The growing prevalence of chronic morbidity among Nepali older adults reflects the need for studies exploring the patterns and determinants for eviden...

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Chronic morbidity levels and associated factors among older adults in western Nepal: A cross-sectional study by Shrestha et al

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The Journal of Multimorbidity & Comorbidity are excited to announce we have achieved our first Impact Factor of 3.0! More metrics about the Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity can be found at:

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The Journal of Multimorbidity & Comorbidity are excited to announce we have achieved our first Impact Factor of 3.0! More metrics about the Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity can be found at:

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#Job opportunity: NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Intensive Care Medicine or General Practice (Multimorbidity and Long-term conditions).

GPs with or about to complete a PhD are invited to apply.

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Enquiries to: rachel.johnson@bristol.ac.uk

Closes: 8 July 2025

Focus on Multimorbidity
Tuesday 2 September, 7:00-8:30pm

Target audience: Medical students and resident doctors pre-specialty training, but learning would also be highly relevant to other healthcare professionals/stages.

Bookings are now open!
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Use of stakeholder consultations ensured the findings were considered in context of those they would impact. Stakeholders wanted future definitions to be concise, user friendly and focus on quality of life 🙋‍♂️

The review found in the 38 included papers there were 44 different definitions of Advanced Multimorbidity with varying approaches taken and indicators included ⚖️

This scoping review used content analysis to describe the various ways Advanced Multimorbidity is described in the literature 📝

Advanced Multimorbidity is a term to describe individuals with deteriorating health due to long-term conditions who are nearing the end of life or might benefit from a palliative care approach 💡

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This weeks article of the week is from one of our Editorial Fellows @spbowers.bsky.social

Descriptions of advanced multimorbidity: A scoping review with content analysis

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