Multimorbidity of chronic diseases among adult patients presenting to an inner-city clinic in Ghana

Globalization and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nimako, Belinda A ^a   Baiden, Frank ^b   Sackey, Samuel O ^c   Binka, Fred ^d  

^a GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^b KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Africa; Chronic disease; Comorbidity; Ghana; Non communicable conditions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; INNER CITY AREA; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MORBIDITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MULTIMORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

GHANA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888191961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-9-61     Document Type: Article

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