Naslov
Chronic multimorbidity of a low back disorder or other chronic back defects in the population of the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) in the republic of Croatia.

Autori
Marunica Karšaj, Jelena ; Grazio, Simeon ; Balen, Diana ; Grubišić, Frane ; Benjak, Tomislav

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Skup
ISPRM 16th World Congress ; ESPRM 23rd European Congress

Mjesto i datum
Lisabon, Portugal, 03.07.2022. - 07.07.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
multimorbidity ; low back disorder ; survey

Sažetak
To assess the prevalence of chronic multimorbidity in patients with a low back disorder or other chronic back defects (BD). Methods: We analyzed data from the population- based crosssectional European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) performed in the Republic of Croatia 2014-2015 by the Croatian Institute of Public Health. Outcome was the point-prevalence of chronic multimorbidity defined as having ≥ 2 chronic illnesses out of 14 contained in the EHIS questionnaire. Fourteen targeted illnesses were asthma, allergies, hypertension, urinary incontinence, kidney problems, coronary heart disease or angina pectoris, neck disorder, arthrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, stroke, diabetes mellitus, myocardial infarction, stroke, depression and the common category “other”. Results: We analyzed data from 268 participants with BD, and 511 without it. Participants with BD had higher relative risk for any chronic multimorbidity (RRadj=2.12 ; 95% CI 1.55, 2.99 ; p<0.001) as well as for non-musculoskeletal chronic multimorbidity (RRadj=2.29 ; 95% CI 1.70, 3.08 ; p=0.001) than participants without BD. All chronic conditions except asthma and cirrhosis of the liver were significantly more prevalent in participants with BD than in participants without BD. In population with BD, participants with multimorbidity had three to four times higher odds for unfavorable self-reported health outcomes than the participants with no comorbid conditions while the existence of only one comorbidity was not significantly associated with a worse outcome compared to the population with no comorbidities. Conclusions: Population suffering from BD has larger prevalence of chronic multimorbidity, than the population without BD and these multimorbidity are associated with unfavorable health outcomes.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Biotehnologija u biomedicini (prirodno područje, biomedicina i zdravstvo, biotehničko područje)

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