Sociodemographic disparities in awareness of chronic conditions: an observational study among older persons in rural north-east of South Africa by Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Chodziwadziwa Kabudula, Carlos Riumallo-Herl, Daniel Ohene-Kwofie

“…We compare self-reported awareness with objective measurements and conduct logistic regressions to evaluate sociodemographic determinants of awareness of chronic conditions.Results We find that 80% of individuals have at least one chronic condition—HIV, diabetes, hypertension and/or dyslipidaemia. …”
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Exploring the roles and functions of champions within community-based interventions to support older adults with chronic conditions: A scoping review protocol. by Kristina M Kokorelias, Hardeep K Singh, Reham Abdelhalim, Marianne Saragosa, Guillaume Lim Fat, Christine Sheppard

“…Although the role of champions has been cited as key to the success of numerous community-based interventions implemented to improve the care of older adults with chronic conditions, no synthesis of their implementation experiences have been conducted. …”
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Economic Evaluations of Health Service Interventions Targeting Patients with Multimorbidities: A Scoping Literature Review by Lucia Ferrara, Vittoria Ardito, Valeria D. Tozzi, Rosanna Tarricone

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Enhancing caregiver resilience: A systematic review of interventions for chronic disease management by Saeedeh Mohammadi Saber, Behzad Rahimian

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Personalised Lung Cancer Screening (PLuS) study to assess the importance of coexisting chronic conditions to clinical practice and policy: protocol for a multicentre observational study by Yi Guo, Dongyu Zhang, Rafael Meza, Jihyoun Jeon, Dejana Braithwaite, Gerard A Silvestri, Michael K Gould, Jiang Bian, Bruno Hochhegger, Shama D Karanth, Christopher G Slatore, Martin Tammemagi, Mattthew Schabath, Meghann Wheeler, Frederic J Kaye

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Effectiveness of physical activity interventions on reducing perceived fatigue among adults with chronic conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials by Ioulia Barakou, Kandianos Emmanouil Sakalidis, Ulric Sena Abonie, Tracy Finch, Katie L. Hackett, Florentina Johanna Hettinga

“…Abstract Fatigue is barrier of physical activity participation in adults with chronic conditions. However, physical activity alleviates fatigue symptoms. …”
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Respiratory syncytial virus vaccination in older adults and patients with chronic disorders: A position paper from the Portuguese Society of Pulmonology, the Portuguese Association... by Tiago Alfaro, Filipe Froes, Cláudia Vicente, Rui Costa, Cristina Gavina, Rui Baptista, António Maio, Saraiva da Cunha, João Sérgio Neves, Pedro Leuschner, Sofia Duque, Paula Pinto

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Heterogeneous association of health with patient and general practice characteristics by region, age and chronic condition: pooled cross-sectional study of patient-level data from England by Hugh Gravelle, Yan Feng, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev

“…The three concentration indices are highly positively correlated across chronic condition and age-band samples. One index has a much weaker correlation relationship with the other two indices in the region-specific samples.Conclusion Income-related health inequality and the associations of health with patient and practice characteristics are heterogeneous by patients’ chronic condition, age and region.…”
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Author Correction: Effectiveness of physical activity interventions on reducing perceived fatigue among adults with chronic conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials by Ioulia Barakou, Kandianos Emmanouil Sakalidis, Ulric Sena Abonie, Tracy Finch, Katie L. Hackett, Florentina Johanna Hettinga

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Housing insecurity pathways to physiological and epigenetic manifestations of health among aging adults: a conceptual model by Aarti C. Bhat, Aarti C. Bhat, Aarti C. Bhat, Andrew Fenelon, Andrew Fenelon, Andrew Fenelon, David M. Almeida, David M. Almeida, David M. Almeida

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The association of self-perceived changes due to COVID-19 with mental and physical health among adult primary care patients with multiple chronic conditions: A US-based longitudinal study by Levi N Bonnell, Jessica Clifton, Lisa W Natkin, Juvena R Hitt, Benjamin Littenberg

“…Introduction This study explores the association between self-perceived personal and community changes due to COVID-19 and health among vulnerable primary care patients experiencing multiple chronic conditions. Methods Between September 2017 and February 2021, we obtained data from 2,426 primary care patients managing multiple chronic conditions from across the United States. …”
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Duration of Disease and Long‐Term Outcomes in Patients With Difficult‐To‐Treat Recurrent Pericarditis: A Chronic Condition Treated With Nonsteroidal Anti‐Inflammatory Drugs, Colchicine, Corticosteroids, and Anti–Interleukin‐1 Agents by Elisa Ceriani, Francesco Agozzino, Silvia Berra, Antonio Gidaro, Paolo Bindi, Alberto Pavarani, Silvia Macchi, Letizia Vena, Francesco Moda, Ludovico Luca Sicignano, Celeste Ambra Murace, Laura Gerardino, Elena Verrecchia, Caterina Chiara De Carlini, Silvia Maestroni, Gabriella Marinaro, Emanuele Bizzi, Antonio Brucato, Massimo Imazio

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The immunoregulatory and allergy-associated cytokines in the aetiology of the otitis media with effusion by Marina G. Smirnova, John P. Birchall, Jeffrey P. Pearson

“…In this review we present cytokines identified in otitis media, immunoregulatory [interleukin (IL)-2, IL-10, transforming growth factor-β]) and allergy associated (IL-4, IL-5, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor), as crucial molecular regulators, responsible for chronic inflammation in the middle ear and the chronic condition of OME.…”
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Exploring the link between Multimorbidity and direct healthcare costs in Ireland: A cross-sectional study by Sharon Walsh, Paddy Gillespie

“…Results For the full sample, 21.20% reported having no chronic conditions, 27.39% had one chronic condition, and 51.40% had multimorbidity. …”
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Creating National Weights for a Patient-level Longitudinal Database by Onur Baser, Li Wang, Jon Maguire

“…**Results:** The following variables were used in the logistic regression: Age group, gender, race, location, income level and health status (Charlson Comorbidity Index scores and chronic condition diagnosis). Relative to MEPS data, patients included in the private insurance data were more likely to be male, older, to have a chronic condition, and to be white (p=0.0000). …”
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Nursing approaches to self-care, self-management, and adaptation to illness by Åsa Audulv, Francisco Sampaio, Clemente Sousa

“…Abstract Nursing approaches to self-care, self-management, and adaptation to illness encompass diverse strategies aimed at enhancing patient well-being and empowering chronic condition management. The BMC Nursing collection “Nursing Approaches to Self-Care, Self-Management, and Adaptation to Illness” invites research advancing knowledge and care quality in these areas.…”
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Examining different measures of multimorbidity, using a large prospective cross-sectional study in Australian general practice by Christopher Harrison, Helena Britt, Graeme Miller, Joan Henderson

“…When multimorbidity was defined as two or more (2+) disease entities: counting individual chronic conditions and groups of chronic conditions produced similar estimates; the 12 most prevalent chronic conditions identified about 80% of those identified using all chronic conditions. …”
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Perception of Asthma as a Factor in Career Choice among Young Adults with Asthma by Sacha Bhinder, Lisa Cicutto, Husam M Abdel-Qadir, Susan M Tarlo

“…BACKGROUND/AIM: Asthma is a common chronic condition that can be aggravated by workplace exposures. …”
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A cycle of invisibilisation: a qualitative study of Brazilian health system factors shaping access to long COVID care by Emma-Louise Aveling, Margareth Crisóstomo Portela, Letícia Soares, Bárbara Caldas, Brenda Sabaine, Flora Cornish

“…Introduction Long COVID (LC), an often-debilitating infection-associated chronic condition (IACC), affects millions of people globally. …”
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Impact of multimorbidity and complex multimorbidity on mortality among older Australians aged 45 years and over: a large population-based record linkage study by Alamgir Kabir, An Tran, Sameera Ansari, Damian P Conway, Margo Barr

“…Objectives Multimorbidity (MM, co-occurrence of two or more chronic conditions) and complex multimorbidity (CMM, three or more chronic conditions affecting three or more different body systems) are used in the assessment of complex healthcare needs and their impact on health outcomes. …”
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