Journal article
Measuring Multimorbidity: Selecting the Right Instrument for the Purpose and the Data Source
Medical care, Vol.59(8), pp.743-756
05/11/2021
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001566
PMCID: PMC8263466
PMID: 33974576
Abstract
Adults have a higher prevalence of multimorbidity-or having multiple chronic health conditions-than having a single condition in isolation. Researchers, health care providers, and health policymakers find it challenging to decide upon the most appropriate assessment tool from the many available multimorbidity measures.
The objective of this study was to describe a broad range of instruments and data sources available to assess multimorbidity and offer guidance about selecting appropriate measures.
Instruments were reviewed and guidance developed during a special expert workshop sponsored by the National Institutes of Health on September 25-26, 2018.
Workshop participants identified 4 common purposes for multimorbidity measurement as well as the advantages and disadvantages of 5 major data sources: medical records/clinical assessments, administrative claims, public health surveys, patient reports, and electronic health records. Participants surveyed 15 instruments and 2 public health data systems and described characteristics of the measures, validity, and other features that inform tool selection. Guidance on instrument selection includes recommendations to match the purpose of multimorbidity measurement to the measurement approach and instrument, review available data sources, and consider contextual and other related constructs to enhance the overall measurement of multimorbidity.
The accuracy of multimorbidity measurement can be enhanced with appropriate measurement selection, combining data sources and special considerations for fully capturing multimorbidity burden in underrepresented racial/ethnic populations, children, individuals with multiple Adverse Childhood Events and older adults experiencing functional limitations, and other geriatric syndromes. The increased availability of comprehensive electronic health record systems offers new opportunities not available through other data sources.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Measuring Multimorbidity: Selecting the Right Instrument for the Purpose and the Data Source
- Creators
- Jerry Suls - Behavioral Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO Complex Care Services, Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD Department of Epidemiology, S441A College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Office of Science Policy, Strategic Planning, Reporting, and Data, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Chicoutimi, Quebec, QC, Canada Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR Center for Outcomes Research, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Division of Health Care Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD Division of General Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health Office of Disease Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MDElizabeth A BaylissJay BerryArlene S BiermanElizabeth A ChrischillesTilda FarhatMartin FortinSiran M KoroukianAna QuinonesJeffrey H SilberBrian W WardMelissa WeiDeborah Young-HymanCarrie N Klabunde
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Medical care, Vol.59(8), pp.743-756
- DOI
- 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001566
- PMID
- 33974576
- PMCID
- PMC8263466
- NLM abbreviation
- Med Care
- ISSN
- 0025-7079
- eISSN
- 1537-1948
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/11/2021
- Academic Unit
- Pharmacy; Epidemiology; Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984214669102771
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