Key result
Living more than 10 minutes from a general practitioner was associated with a significant increase in treatment burden score over 2.5 years in older adults with multimorbidity.
Why the study?
Little is known about how treatment burden changes over time for people with multimorbidity.
Cohort (n=301)
Yes
In older adults with multimorbidity, treatment burden increases over time, particularly for those with more than five long-term conditions and those living further from their GP.
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May warrant closer monitoring of distant patients; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials before practice change.
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Hounkpatin et al. (2022) conducted a cohort in Multimorbidity (n=301). Living >10 minutes from the GP vs. Living ≤10 minutes from the GP was evaluated on Change in treatment burden global score (aß 3.88, 95% CI 1.32 to 6.43). Living more than 10 minutes from a general practitioner was associated with a significant increase in treatment burden score over 2.5 years in older adults with multimorbidity.
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