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Birhan D, Aderaw Z, Agdew E, Siferih M. Satisfaction of chronic patients with community-based health insurance schemes and related factors: Explanatory sequential mixed methods study. PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH 2024; 4:e0003374. [PMID: 39110655 PMCID: PMC11305578 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024]
Abstract
Chronic disease poses a serious threat to accessible, high-quality healthcare. Community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes provide the poor with financial security. However, there is no evidence in Ethiopia on how satisfied chronic patients are with the schemes. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the satisfaction of chronic patients with the schemes and identify contributing factors. A hospital-based explanatory sequential mixed methods study on 632 chronic patients and 12 key informants was carried out between February 28 and May 31, 2022, in the hospitals of East Gojjam, Northwest Ethiopia. Hospitals and study participants were selected using multistage sampling methods. Quantitative data was entered using Epi Data 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 25 for analysis. P value <0.05 was used to consider significant association in multivariable binary logistic regression. Thematic analysis was a method to manually review qualitative data. A narrative approach was used for integrating the two data. The mean age of study participants was 46.1 (46.1± 5.2, range: 25-82). Patients aged 45 to 64 made up the majority of the population (60.6%). Rheumatoid arthritis affected the preponderance of individuals (36.4%). The overall level of satisfaction of chronic patients with the CBHI scheme was 31% (95% CI; 27-35%). Respect and friendliness (AOR = 7.05; CI: 3.71-13.36), knowledge of benefits packages (AOR = 2.02; CI: 1.24-3.27), partial or non-availability of drugs (AOR = 0.24, AOR = 0.21, respectively), waiting times (AOR = 1.84; CI: 1.12-3.0), and availability of laboratory tests (AOR = 1.59; CI: 1.01-2.48) were significantly associated with participants' satisfaction with the schemes. Our study revealed that the overall satisfaction of chronic patients was quite low and affected by the availability of drugs and laboratory tests, caregivers' respect and friendliness, waiting times, and participant knowledge. Therefore, stakeholders must concentrate on reducing waiting times, improving the availability of drugs and laboratory tests at each hospital, opening back up community pharmacies, and promoting awareness about benefits packages primarily through health education. The main focus of researchers needs to be on nationally representative studies that include more important factors.
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- Desalew Birhan
- Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Debremarkos University, Debremarkos, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
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- Department of Public Health, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Debremarkos University, Debremarkos, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Debremarkos University, Debremarkos, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
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Dixon J, Morton B, Nkhata MJ, Silman A, Simiyu IG, Spencer SA, Van Pinxteren M, Bunn C, Calderwood C, Chandler CIR, Chikumbu E, Crampin AC, Hurst JR, Jobe M, Kengne AP, Levitt NS, Moshabela M, Owolabi M, Peer N, Phiri N, Singh SJ, Tamuhla T, Tembo M, Tiffin N, Worrall E, Yongolo NM, Banda GT, Bickton F, Bilungula AMM, Bosire E, Chawani MS, Chinoko B, Chisala M, Chiwanda J, Drew S, Farrant L, Ferrand RA, Gondwe M, Gregson CL, Harding R, Kajungu D, Kasenda S, Katagira W, Kwaitana D, Mendenhall E, Mensah ABB, Mnenula M, Mupaza L, Mwakasungula M, Nakanga W, Ndhlovu C, Nkhoma K, Nkoka O, Opare-Lokko EA, Phulusa J, Price A, Rylance J, Salima C, Salimu S, Sturmberg J, Vale E, Limbani F. Interdisciplinary perspectives on multimorbidity in Africa: Developing an expanded conceptual model. PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH 2024; 4:e0003434. [PMID: 39078807 PMCID: PMC11288440 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/11/2024] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
Abstract
Multimorbidity is an emerging challenge for health systems globally. It is commonly defined as the co-occurrence of two or more chronic conditions in one person, but its meaning remains a lively area of academic debate, and the utility of the concept beyond high-income settings is uncertain. This article presents the findings from an interdisciplinary research initiative that drew together 60 academic and applied partners working in 10 African countries to answer the questions: how useful is the concept of multimorbidity within Africa? Can the concept be adapted to context to optimise its transformative potentials? During a three-day concept-building workshop, we investigated how the definition of multimorbidity was understood across diverse disciplinary and regional perspectives, evaluated the utility and limitations of existing concepts and definitions, and considered how to build a more context-sensitive, cross-cutting description of multimorbidity. This iterative process was guided by the principles of grounded theory and involved focus- and whole-group discussions during the workshop, thematic coding of workshop discussions, and further post-workshop development and refinement. Three thematic domains emerged from workshop discussions: the current focus of multimorbidity on constituent diseases; the potential for revised concepts to centre the priorities, needs, and social context of people living with multimorbidity (PLWMM); and the need for revised concepts to respond to varied conceptual priorities amongst stakeholders. These themes fed into the development of an expanded conceptual model that centres the catastrophic impacts multimorbidity can have for PLWMM, families and support structures, service providers, and health systems.
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- Justin Dixon
- The Health Research Unit Zimbabwe, Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe
- Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- SHLS Nursing and Midwifery, Teesside University, Middlesborough, United Kingdom
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medicine and Chronic Disease Initiative for Africa, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Lilongwe, Malawi
- College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- The Health Research Unit Zimbabwe, Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe
- Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Lilongwe, Malawi
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- Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Lilongwe, Malawi
- Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- UCL Respiratory, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM, Banjul, The Gambia
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- Non-communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, Durban, South Africa
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medicine and Chronic Disease Initiative for Africa, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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- Centre for Genomic and Precision Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Non-communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, Durban, South Africa
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- Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Lilongwe, Malawi
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- Department of Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
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- South African National Bioinformatics Institute, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
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- The Health Research Unit Zimbabwe, Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe
- Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- South African National Bioinformatics Institute, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, Moshi, Tanzania
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- Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
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- Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya
- SAMRC Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
- Health Economics and Policy Unit, The Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
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- Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Lilongwe, Malawi
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- Department of Non-communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi
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- Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- The Health Research Unit Zimbabwe, Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe
- Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- The Health Research Unit Zimbabwe, Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe
- Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing Midwifery and Palliative Care, Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Makerere University Centre for Health and Population Research, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Lilongwe, Malawi
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- Department of Family Medicine, The Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
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- Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States of America
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- Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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- College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi
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- Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Lilongwe, Malawi
- Deanery of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Internal Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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- Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing Midwifery and Palliative Care, Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Lilongwe, Malawi
- College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Faculty of Family Medicine, Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, Accra, Ghana
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- Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
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- Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Lilongwe, Malawi
- Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Achikondi Women and Community Friendly Health Services, Lilongwe, Malawi
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- Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
- International Society of Systems and Complexity Sciences for Health, Waitsfield, VT, United States of America
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- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
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Ibro SA, Kasim AZ, Seid SS, Abdusemed KA, Senbiro IA, Waga SS, Abamecha F, Azalework HG, Soboka M, Gebresilassie A, Tesfaye S, Abafogi AA, Merga H, Husen A, Beyene DT. Mapping the evidence on integrated service delivery for non-communicable and infectious disease comorbidity in sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a scoping review. BMJ Open 2024; 14:e084740. [PMID: 38904125 PMCID: PMC11191815 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION The concurrent occurrence of infectious diseases (IDs) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) presents complex healthcare challenges in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where healthcare systems often grapple with limited resources. While an integrated care approach has been advocated to address these complex challenges, there is a recognised gap in comprehensive evidence regarding the various models of integrated care, their components and the feasibility of their implementation. This scoping review aims to bridge this gap by examining the breadth and nature of evidence on integrated care models for NCDs and IDs within SSA, thereby updating the current evidence base in the domain. METHODS AND ANALYSIS Based on the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) framework for scoping reviews, this study will include peer-reviewed and grey literature reporting on integrated care models for NCD-ID comorbidities in SSA. A comprehensive search of published sources in electronic databases (PubMed, Scopus, Embase, the Cochrane Library, Health System Evidence and Research4Life) and grey literature (Google Scholar, EBSCO Open Dissertations and relevant organisational websites) will be conducted to identify sources of information reported in English from 2018 onwards. The review will consider sources of evidence reporting on integrated care model for NCDs such as diabetes; chronic cardiovascular, respiratory and kidney diseases; cancers; epilepsy; and mental illness, and comorbid IDs such as HIV, tuberculosis and malaria. All sources of evidence will be considered irrespective of the study designs or methods used. The review will exclude sources that solely focus on the differentiated or patient-centred care delivery approach, and that focus on other conditions, populations or settings. The reviewers will independently screen the sources for eligibility and extract data using a JBI-adapted data tool on the Parsifal review platform. Data will be analysed using descriptive and thematic analyses and results will be presented in tables, figures, diagrams and a narrative summary. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethical approval is not required for this review as it will synthesise published data and does not involve human participants. The final report will be submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. The findings will be used to inform future research. STUDY REGISTRATION OSF: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/KFVEY.
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- Health, Behavior and Society, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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- Epidemiology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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Musa IR, Hassan AA, Adam I. Multimorbidity and its associated risk factors among adults in northern Sudan: a community-based cross-sectional study. JOURNAL OF HEALTH, POPULATION, AND NUTRITION 2024; 43:13. [PMID: 38281058 PMCID: PMC10822146 DOI: 10.1186/s41043-024-00513-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 01/29/2024]
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BACKGROUND Multimorbidity (having two or more coexisting long-term conditions) is a growing global challenge. However, data on multimorbidity among adults in Africa, including Sudan, are scarce. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of multimorbidity and its associated risk factors among adults in Sudan. METHODS A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in northern Sudan from March 2022 to May 2022. Participants' sociodemographic characteristics were assessed using a questionnaire. Multimorbidity was defined as having two or more coexisting long-term conditions, including diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension, obesity, anaemia and depression-anxiety. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to determine the associated factors. RESULTS The participants included 250 adults: 119 (47.6%) males and 131(52.4%) females. The median interquartile range (IQR) of the enrolled adults of the age was 43.0 (30.0‒55.0) years. Of the 250 adults, 82(32.8%), 17(6.8%), 84(33.6%), and 67(26.8%) were normal weight, underweight, overweight, and obese, respectively; 148(59.2%), 72(28.8%), 63(25.2%), 67(26.8%), and 98(39.2%) had hypertension, DM, anaemia, obesity, and depression-anxiety, respectively. A total of 154 adults (61.6%) had multimorbidity: 97(38.8%), 49(19.6%), and 8(3.2%) had two, three, and four morbidities, respectively. The remaining 21 (8.4%), and 75 (30.0%) adults had no morbidity, and one morbidity, respectively. In amultivariate logistic regression analysis, increasing age (adjusted odd ratio [AOR] = 1.03, 95% CI = 1.01‒1.05), and female sex (AOR = 2.17, 95% CI = 1.16‒4.06) were associated with multimorbidity. CONCLUSIONS The high prevalence of multimorbidity revealed in this study uncovers a major public health problem among Sudanese adults. Our results show that increasing age and female sex are associated with multimorbidity. Additional extensive studies are necessary to evaluate the magnitude of multimorbidity for improved future planning and establishing effective health systems.
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- Imad R Musa
- Royal Commission Hospital at AL Jubail Industrial City, Al Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Unaizah College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Qassim University, 51911, Unaizah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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