Title:	Multimorbidity in the elderly of an educational program in Brazilian capital : a cross-sectional study
Authors:	Alves, Cássia Cristina de Paula Costa, Vinícius Vieira da Costa, Camila de Oliveira Santos, Brenda Leandro dos Barbosa-Junior, Francisco Meiners, Micheline Marie Milward de Azevedo Areda, Camila Alves Karnikowski, Margô Gomes de Oliveira Oliveira, Rinaldo Eduardo Machado de
metadata.dc.identifier.orcid:	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8435-6420 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0658-9760 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4658-7877 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8482-7149 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4596-1094 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1300-9576 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3613-1585 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5662-2058 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1684-1456
metadata.dc.contributor.affiliation:	University of Brasilia, Faculty of Health Sciences and Technologies University of Brasilia, Faculty of Health Sciences and Technologies University of Brasilia, Faculty of Health Sciences and Technologies University of Brasilia, Faculty of Health Sciences and Technologies University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto Medical School University of Brasilia, Faculty of Health Sciences and Technologies University of Brasilia, Faculty of Health Sciences and Technologies University of Brasilia, Faculty of Health Sciences and Technologies University of Brasilia, Faculty of Health Sciences and Technologies
Assunto::	Assistência médica Idosos - saúde Doenças crônicas Medicina preventiva Inquéritos epidemiológicos
Issue Date:	15-Nov-2024
Publisher:	Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
Citation:	ALVES, Cássia Cristina de Paula et al. Multimorbidity in the elderly of an educational program in Brazilian capital: a cross-sectional study. Medicine, [S.l.], v. 103, n. 46, e40493, 2024. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000040493. Disponível em: https://journals.lww.com/md-journal/fulltext/2024/11150/multimorbidity_in_the_elderly_of_an_educational.55.aspx. Acesso em: 10 jul. 2025.
Abstract:	Population aging generated changes in the epidemiological profile and culminated in a high frequency of diseases. The objective of this study was estimating the prevalence of multimorbidity and the associated variables in the elderly of an educational program in the Federal District of Brazil. This is a cross-sectional study with data collection carried out during the period from December 2022 to April 2023 by means of telephone calls. Multimorbidity was defined as a concomitant presence of 2 or more noncommunicable chronic diseases. One-hundred fifty individuals aged between 60 and 82 years old participated in the study. The median number of self-reported diseases was 2, ranging from 0 to 9. The estimated prevalence of multimorbidity was 69.3%, being higher among elderly individuals self-reporting their health as regular or bad/or very bad, having systemic arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidaemia, hypothyroidism, overweight/obesity, and depression, including polypharmacy (P < .05). The high rate of multimorbidity and associated variables shows the importance of an integrated approach on health services focused on promoting health and preventing health impairment to favor the quality of life during aging.
metadata.dc.description.unidade:	Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias em Saúde (FCTS) – Campus UnB Ceilândia
Licença::	Copyright © 2024 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License 4.0 (CCBY-NC), where it is permissible to download, share, remix, transform, and buildup the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be used commercially without permission from the journal.
DOI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000040493
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