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SUBMITTER: Bayliss EA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2743235 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bayliss Elizabeth A EA Ellis Jennifer L JL Steiner John F JF
Journal of clinical epidemiology 20080830 5
<h4>Objective</h4>To explore the constructs underlying a self-report assessment of multimorbidity.<h4>Study design and setting</h4>We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 352 HMO members aged 65 years or more with, at a minimum, diabetes, depression, and osteoarthritis. We assessed self-reported 'disease burden' (a severity-adjusted count of conditions) as a function of biopsychosocial factors, two data-based comorbidity indices, and demographic variables.<h4>Results</h4>In multivariate regress ...[more]