Assessing and Measuring Chronic Multimorbidity in the Older Population: A Proposal for Its Operationalization

Calderón‐Larrañaga, Amaia; Liborio Vetrano, Davide; Onder, Graziano; Andrés Gimeno-Feliú, Luís; Coscollar-Santaliestra, Carlos; Carfì, Angelo; Pisciotta, Maria; Angleman, Sara; J. F. Melis, René; Santoni, Giola; Mangialasche, Francesca; Rizzuto, Debora; Welmer, Anna‐Karin; Bernabei, Roberto; Prados‐Torres, Alexandra; Marengoni, Alessandra; Fratiglioni, Laura

doi:10.1093/gerona/glw233

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Assessing and Measuring Chronic Multimorbidity in the Older Population: A Proposal for Its Operationalization

Published in The Journals of Gerontology Series A • Dec 21, 2016

Authors:

Amaia Calderón‐Larrañaga

Davide Liborio Vetrano

Graziano Onder

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although the definition of multimorbidity as "the simultaneous presence of two or more chronic diseases" is well established, its operationalization is not yet agreed. This study aims to provide a clinically driven comprehensive list of chronic conditions to be included when measuring mu...

Subject

Operationalization

Multimorbidity

Medicine

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