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September 1, 2006The Annals of Family MedicineOpen Access

Psychological Distress and Multimorbidity in Primary Care

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Why the study?

Is multimorbidity severity associated with psychological distress in primary care patients?

Population

238 patients seen in family practice

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

MFMartin FortinUniversité de Sherbrooke

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Implication

Severity-weighted multimorbidity may flag distress risk better than counts in primary care; leaves open causal links and needs prospective validation.

Structured PICO

Is multimorbidity severity associated with psychological distress in primary care patients?

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Population
238 patients seen in family practice
I
Intervention
Multimorbidity assessment using the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale (CIRS)
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Outcome
Psychological distress measured by a psychiatric symptom questionnairepatient reported

Psychological distress increases with multimorbidity when accounting for disease severity, highlighting the need for comprehensive management in complex patients.

Cite This Study

Martin Fortin (2006) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7090928031ec7bb1dc6ecbhttps://doi.org/10.1370/afm.528
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