Objective
This study aimed to examine the association of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and multimorbidity (MM) and its correlates over time in New Zealand.
Methods
People aged 55 years and over were invited to participate in a nationally representative population-based longitudinal study in 2006 and followed up biennially until 2016. GEE models, adjusted for both time-constant and time-varying factors used baseline and five subsequent waves of data, to compare a range of factors related to changes in MM and HRQOL.
Results
At baseline, 957 of the participants were classified as “MM participants”; 570 had two, and the rest had three chronic conditions. The results of the GEE modelling demonstrated that SF12-PCS decreased over time and there was a significant difference in SF12-PCS between MM and Non-MM participants. Having MM was negatively associated with HRQOL-PCS [-3.00 (95%CI -3.60, -2.49); p <0.001)]. Although the results showed an increase in SF12-MCS over time, the score of the mental dimension of HRQOL was lower among MM participants compared to Non-MM participants [-2.60, 95%CI -3.09, -2.11].
Conclusions
According to this longitudinal study, there is an inverse association between MM and one of the most important health outcomes; HRQOL, in older adults.
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On 29 Mar, 2020
On 25 Mar, 2020
Invitations sent on 24 Mar, 2020
On 24 Mar, 2020
On 23 Mar, 2020
On 23 Mar, 2020
Posted 08 Jan, 2020
Received 06 Feb, 2020
On 06 Feb, 2020
Received 30 Jan, 2020
Invitations sent on 08 Jan, 2020
On 08 Jan, 2020
On 08 Jan, 2020
On 30 Dec, 2019
On 29 Dec, 2019
On 29 Dec, 2019
On 27 Dec, 2019
Objective
This study aimed to examine the association of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and multimorbidity (MM) and its correlates over time in New Zealand.
Methods
People aged 55 years and over were invited to participate in a nationally representative population-based longitudinal study in 2006 and followed up biennially until 2016. GEE models, adjusted for both time-constant and time-varying factors used baseline and five subsequent waves of data, to compare a range of factors related to changes in MM and HRQOL.
Results
At baseline, 957 of the participants were classified as “MM participants”; 570 had two, and the rest had three chronic conditions. The results of the GEE modelling demonstrated that SF12-PCS decreased over time and there was a significant difference in SF12-PCS between MM and Non-MM participants. Having MM was negatively associated with HRQOL-PCS [-3.00 (95%CI -3.60, -2.49); p <0.001)]. Although the results showed an increase in SF12-MCS over time, the score of the mental dimension of HRQOL was lower among MM participants compared to Non-MM participants [-2.60, 95%CI -3.09, -2.11].
Conclusions
According to this longitudinal study, there is an inverse association between MM and one of the most important health outcomes; HRQOL, in older adults.
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