Multimorbidity and its socio-economic associations in community-dwelling older adults in rural Tanzania; a cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Emma Grace Lewis (Author), William K. Gray (Author), Richard Walker (Author), Sarah Urasa (Author), Miles Witham (Author), Catherine Dotchin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Objectives This paper aims to describe the prevalence and socio-economic associations with multimorbidity, by both self-report and clinical assessment/screening methods in community-dwelling older people living in rural Tanzania. Methods A randomised frailty-weighted sample of non-instituti...