Era of geriatric medical challenges: Multimorbidity among older patients

M Kuzuya - Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The number of older adults is increasing worldwide, including in Asian countries. Various
problems associated with medical care for older adults are being highlighted in aging …

Financial strain measures and associations with adult health: A systematic literature review

LJ Samuel, MA Saylor, MY Choe, RS Wright… - Social Science & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite growing attention to other social needs like food and housing insecurity, financial
strain, defined as having difficulty making ends meet or lacking money for basic needs, is …

Influence of social determinants of health on quality of life in patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy

JM Ruiz-Baena, A Moreno-Juste, B Poblador-Plou… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Multimorbidity is one of the biggest challenges faced by modern medicine,
especially when managing older patients who are also often taking multiple medications …

Multimorbidity and health-related quality of life in old age: role of functional dependence and depressive symptoms

R She, Z Yan, H Jiang, DL Vetrano, JTF Lau… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives To examine the associations of multimorbidity patterns with health-related quality
of life (HRQL) in rural-dwelling older adults in China, and to explore to what extent their …

Association of multiple chronic conditions and pain among older black and white adults with diabetes mellitus

TA Baker, OJ Clay, V Johnson-Lawrence, JA Minahan… - BMC geriatrics, 2017 - Springer
Background Aging is often associated with the challenge of navigating daily tasks with a
painful chronic medical illness. Yet, there is concern of the number of older adults impacted …

Religious coping and quality of life among black and white men with prostate cancer

MA Bruce, JV Bowie, H Barge, BM Beech… - Cancer …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Prostate cancer is a significant impediment in men's lives as this condition often exacerbates
stress and reduces quality of life. Faith can be a resource through which men cope with …

[HTML][HTML] A scoping review finds a growing trend in studies validating multimorbidity patterns and identifies five broad types of validation methods

TB Dhafari, A Pate, N Azadbakht, R Bailey… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives Multimorbidity, the presence of two or more long-term conditions, is a growing
public health concern. Many studies use analytical methods to discover multimorbidity …

Health-related quality of life of economically disadvantaged African American older adults: age and gender differences

S Assari, J Smith, M Bazargan - International journal of environmental …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Background: The association between age and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is still
under debate. While some research shows older age is associated with better HRQoL, other …

Racial differences in healthcare expenditures for prevalent multimorbidity combinations in the USA: a cross-sectional study

M Alshakhs, PJ Goedecke, JE Bailey… - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background We aimed to model total charges for the most prevalent multimorbidity
combinations in the USA and assess model accuracy across Asian/Pacific Islander, African …

Chronic respiratory disease and health-related quality of life of African American older adults in an economically disadvantaged area of Los Angeles

M Bazargan, JL Smith, P Robinson, J Uyanne… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Background. Most of the attention of policy makers, program planners, clinicians, and
researchers in the area of physical health disparities among African American older adults …