Relative impact of multimorbid chronic conditions on health-related quality of life--results from the MultiCare Cohort Study.

Relative impact of multimorbid chronic conditions on health-related quality of life--results from the MultiCare Cohort Study.

BACKGROUND: Multimorbidity has a negative impact on health-related quality of life (HRQL). Previous studies included only a limited number of conditions. In this study, we analyse the impact of a large number of conditions on HRQL in multimorbid patients without preselecting particular diseases. We...

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Main Authors: Christian Brettschneider, Hanna Leicht, Horst Bickel, Anne Dahlhaus, Angela Fuchs, Jochen Gensichen, Wolfgang Maier, Steffi Riedel-Heller, Ingmar Schäfer, Gerhard Schön, Siegfried Weyerer, Birgitt Wiese, Hendrik van den Bussche, Martin Scherer, Hans-Helmut König, MultiCare Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3691259?pdf=render

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