Globally, approximately one in three of all adults suffer from multiple chronic conditions
(MCCs). This review provides a comprehensive overview of the resulting epidemiological …

Effective and resource-efficient long-term management of multimorbidity is one of the
greatest health-related challenges facing patients, health professionals, and society more …

Objective To estimate the global burden of low back pain (LBP). Methods LBP was defined
as pain in the area on the posterior aspect of the body from the lower margin of the twelfth …

Multimorbidity, the coexistence of 2 or more chronic conditions, has become prevalent
among older adults as mortality rates have declined and the population has aged. We …

Objective To perform a systematic review of the global prevalence of low back pain, and to
examine the influence that case definition, prevalence period, and other variables have on …

Methods: We extracted data from the Canadian Community Health Survey 2011/12 on 105
416 Canadians adults. We analysed the data according to the number of multimorbidities …

PURPOSE We sought to identify and compare studies reporting the prevalence of
multimorbidity and to suggest methodologic aspects to be considered in the conduct of such …

Low back pain is an extremely common problem that most people experience at some point
in their life. While substantial heterogeneity exists among low back pain epidemiological …

This systematic literature review identified and summarized 35 studies that investigated the
relationship between multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) and health care utilization …

With the aspiration for a long life now achievable for many individuals, the status of old age
as a distinct social position has become problematic. In this radical re-examination of the …