Co-morbidities Flashcards
what is multi-morbidity?
when a perosn has 2 or more long term health conditions
strongly related to age but prevalence increases with people in deprived areas
what is the impact of multi-morbidity?
reduced quality of life—> worse health outcomes than those without
population ages- healthc are costs rising for patient this means
More appoitnets, more specialsit, less coridantion, lots of health checks, polyphamrayc–> depresison
why is manging multimorbdiity difficult?
guidance on medications and treatments often produced on people with single health conditons (people witout mukltu-morbiidty or taking fewer medications often younger)
multimorbidity= more medications, more lifetyle advacne more appointemtns/checups
what are the guidlines on managing multi-morbdiity NICE?
- identifyy patient priorities and goals
- what is the impact on the patient (disease burden)
- how does the treatmetn affect patient on day to do (treatment burden)
- impact of chronic pain and depression
Agree individual plan for indivudal patient
what matters to them
