Multimorbidity and health-related quality of life among patients attending chronic outpatient medical care in Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia: The application of partial proportional odds model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multimorbidity, the presence of two or more chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in a given person affects all aspects of people's lives. Poor quality of life (QoL) is one of the major consequences of living with multimorbidity. Although healthcare should support multimorbid individuals to achieve a better quality of life, little is known about the effect of multimorbidity on the QoL of patients living with chronic conditions. This study aimed to determine the influence of multimorbidity on QoL among clients attending chronic outpatient medical care in Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia.

Methodology

A multi-centered facility-based study was conducted among 1440 participants aged 40+ years. Two complementary methods were employed to collect sociodemographic and dise

SUBMITTER: Eyowas FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021695 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature