Multiple chronic diseases and quality of life: Patterns emerging from a large national sample, Australia

Chronic Illness

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 202-218

  Walker, Agnes Emilia ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Co morbidities; Logistic regressions; Psychological distress; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 39749105398     PISSN: 17423953     EISSN: 17459206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742395307081504     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. World Health Organization. Preventing chronic diseases: a vital investment, Geneva: WHO, 2005.
2. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia's Health 2000, Canberra: AIHW, 2000.
3. Wu S., Green A. Projection of chronic illness prevalence and cost inflation, Washington, DC: RAND Health, 2000.
4. Murray C., Lopez A. Alternative visions of the future: projecting mortality and disability, 1990 to 2020. In: Murray C, Lopez A, eds. The global burden of disease, Harvard: Harvard University Press, 1996.
5. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Disability and its relationship to health conditions and other factors in 1998, Canberra ; AIHW, 2004.
6. Oldridge N., Stump T. Heart disease, comorbidity, and activity limitation in community-dwelling elderly. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2004 ; 11: 427 - 34.
7. Bayliss A., Steiner J., Fernald D., Crane L., Main D. Descriptions of barriers to self-care by persons with comorbid chronic diseases. Ann Fam Med 2003 ; 1: 15 - 21.
8. Baumeister H., Balke K., Härter M. Psychiatric and somatic comorbidities are negatively associated with quality of life in physically ill patients. J Clin Epidemiol 2005 ; 58: 1090 - 100.
9. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Chronic diseases and associated risk factors in Australia 2001, Canberra: AIHW, 2002.
10. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Department of Health and Ageing. Older Australians at a glance, 3 rd edn. Canberra: AIHW, 2002.
11. Rijken M., van Kerkhof M., Dekker J., Schellevis F. Comorbidity of chronic diseases. Qual Life Res 2005 ; 14: 45 - 55.
12. Anderson M., Butcher K., Levine P. Economic perspectives on childhood obesity. Economic Perspect 2003 ; 27.
13. Yach D., Hawkes C., Gould CL, et al. The global burden of chronic diseases: overcoming impediments to prevention and control. JAMA 2004 ; 291: 2616 - 22.
14. Australian Bureau of Statistics. National health survey 2001. Confidentialised Unit Record Files. Canberra: ABS, 2003.
15. Australian Bureau of Statistics. National health survey 2001. Summary of results. Cat. No. 4364.0. Canberra: ABS, 2002.
16. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Disability ageing and carers, 2003. Confidentialised Unit Record Files. Canberra: ABS, 2003.
17. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Disability ageing and carer, 2003. Summary of findings. Cat. No. 4430.0. Canberra: ABS, 2004.
18. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Disability ageing and carer, 2003. User guide. Cat. No. 4431.0.55.001. Canberra: ABS, 2004.
19. Australian Bureau of Statistics. National health survey 2001. User guide. Cat. No. 4363.0.55.001. Canberra: ABS, 2003.
20. Australian Bureau of Statistics. National health survey 2001. Data reference package. Cat. No. 4363.0.55.002. Canberra: ABS, 2005.
21. O'Connor R. Measuring quality of life in health, London: Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier, 2004.
22. Cella D., Nowinski C. Measuring quality of life in chronic illness: the functional assessment of chronic illness therapy measurement system. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2002 ; 83: S10 - 17.
23. Idler E., Benyamini Y. Self-rated health and mortality: a review of twenty-seven community studies. J Health Soc Behav 1997 ; 38: 21 - 37.
24. Mossey J., Shapiro E. Self-rated health: a predictor of mortality among the elderly. Am J Public Health 1982 ; 72: 800 - 8.
25. Gijsen R., Hoeymansa N., Schellevis F., Ruwaarda D., Satarianoc W., van den Bos G. Causes and consequences of comorbidity: a review. J Clin Epidemiol 2001 ; 54: 661 - 74.
26. Walker A. Multiple chronic conditions: patient characteristics and impacts on quality of life and health expenditures. In: Health Services & Policy Research Conference, Canberra, 13-16 November, 2005.
27. Bradbury B., Norris K., Abello D. Socioeconomic disadvantage and the prevalence of disability. SPRC Report 1/01. Sydney: Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, 2001.
28. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Census of population and housing: socioeconomic indexes for areas 2001. Information Paper. Cat. No. 2039.0. Canberra: ABS, 2003.
29. Walker A., Becker N. Health inequalities across socioeconomic groups: comparing geographic-area-based and individual-based indicators. Public Health 2005 ; 119: 1057 - 150.
30. World Health Organization. Consultation on diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases. Public Health Nutrition 2004 ; 7 ( 1A.
31. McCullagh P., Nelder J. Generalized linear models, 2 nd edn. London: Chapman and Hall, 1989.
32. Lee E. A computer program for linear logistic regression analysis. Computer Programs Biomed 1974 ; 80 - 92.
33. Glasgow R., Ruggiero L., Eakin E., Dryfoos J., Chobanian L. Quality of life and associated characteristics in a large national sample of adults with diabetes. Diabetes Care 1997 ; 20: 562 - 67.
34. Bardage C., Isacson D. Hypertension and health-related quality of life: an epidemiological study in Sweden. J Clin Epidemiol 2001 ; 54: 172 - 81.
35. Bayliss E., Ellis J., Steiner J., Main D. Initial validation of an instrument to identify barriers to self-management for persons with comorbidities. Chronic Illness 2005 ; 1: 315 - 20.
36. Osler M., Schroll M. The agreement between self-reported data on chronic diseases and a national register of patients. Eur J Public Health 1992 ; 2: 113 - 16.
37. Department of Health and Aged Care. Insights into the utilisation of health services in Australia based on linked administrative data. Occasional Papers, New series No. 9. Canberra, 2002.
38. Wolff J., Starfield B., Anderson G. Prevalence, expenditures, and complications of multiple chronic conditions in the elderly. Arch Intern Med 2002 ; 162: 2269 - 76.
39. Dowrick C. The chronic disease strategy for Australia. Med J Aust 2006 ; 185: 61 - 2.