Demographic and clinical characteristics of older people with multimorbidity accessing primary healthcare in Malawi: A cross-sectional study
The study revealed a wide range of multimorbidity combinations among older people attending primary health care. Strategies to address multimorbidity in older people should include efforts to identify other, less common clusters of chronic conditions.
Authors
- Duncan Kwaitana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4925-4565)
- James Jafali
- Thomas Mildestvedt
- Eivind Meland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9161-1680)
- Dorothee van Breevoort (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3122-0252)
- Eric Umar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5269-031X)
- Jane Bates (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4459-837X)
Institutions
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MW)
- Kamuzu Central Hospital (MW)
- Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (MW)
- University of Bergen (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity
- Published
- 2025-01-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/26335565251317380
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35
Funders
- Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene