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November 14, 2025BMC GeriatricsOpen Access

Association between multimorbidity and disability among elderly with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Shanghai, China: a cross-sectional study

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XLXin LiuYCYifan CaoYSYing Shi

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Overview

Cross-sectional analysis reveals multimorbidity increases disability in older adults with COPD, suggesting patient-centered health practices may help.

Key Points

  • This research investigates the link between multimorbidity and disability in elderly patients with COPD.
  • Cross-sectional study utilizing the 2023 Unified Needs Assessment Form data
  • Latent class analysis (LCA) to identify multimorbidity patterns
  • Assessment of activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL)
  • Logistic regression analyses to evaluate associations between multimorbidity and disabilities
  • High prevalence of multimorbidity (92.16%) among COPD patients
  • 70.19% of participants exhibited ADL disabilities
  • 94.80% had IADL disabilities
  • Four multimorbidity patterns identified: metabolic/cardiovascular, cardiorespiratory, osteoarticular, multisystem involvement
  • All patterns significantly linked to increased odds of ADL and IADL disabilities

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Liu et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/692519a2c0ce034ddc353cb7https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-025-06488-2
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