Hervé Hien|Abdramane Berthé|Maxime Drabo|Nicolas Méda|Blahima Konaté|Fatoumata Tou|Fatoumata Badini?Kinda|Jean Macq
Prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity among the elderly in Burkina Faso: cross?sectional study
Centre Muraz|Centre Muraz|Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé|Centre Muraz|Centre Muraz|Centre Muraz|Centre Muraz|UCLouvain
abstract objectives assess prevalence distribution patterns multimorbidity among urban older adults burkina faso methods crosssectional study among communitydwelling elderly people aged 60 bobodioulasso performed interviews clinical examination medical record review multimorbidity defined cooccurrence least two chronic diseases one person whether coincidence results overall prevalence multimorbidity among older adults 65 age 70 associated multimorbidity multivariate analysis adjusted 165 95 ci 101268 p 004 common chronic diseases hypertension 82 95 ci 78 86 malnutrition 39 95 ci 34 44 visual impairments 28 95 ci 24 33 diabetes mellitus 27 95 ci 22 31 aged 70 significantly malnutrition 50 vs 31 p 00003 osteoarthritis 8 vs 3 p 001 aged 6069 conclusions high prevalence multimorbidity requires reorganization healthcare systems subsaharan africa especially burkina faso interventions care guidelines usually focused individual diseases improved better reflect reality