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Identifying clusters of mutiple long term conditions and their associations with health related quality of life

Bhautesh Jani, Frances Mair, Lewis Steell, Rod Taylor, Sayem Ahmed, Sally Singh and Grace Dibben
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2023, 21 (Supplement 3) 5006; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.22.s1.5006
Bhautesh Jani
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Frances Mair
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Lewis Steell
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Sayem Ahmed
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Sally Singh
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Abstract

Context: People living with multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs) are a heterogenous population and classifying MLTCs Identifying clusters of LTCs and their differential associations with health and healthcare outcomes may facilitate development of targeted interventions and services.

Objective: Identify age-stratified clusters of MLTCs and investigate their associations with health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Compare the associations between HRQoL with MLTC clusters and LTC counts, respectively.

Design & datasets: Prospective cohort; UK Biobank (n = 502,503, aged 37 - 73) & the UK Household longitudinal study (UKHLS; n = 50,994, aged 18 – 101).

Analyses: Step 1: Apply latent class analysis (LCA) to identify clusters of MLTCs among people with ≥2LTCs, stratified by age (young [18 −36y], middle-aged [37-54y], early-old [55-73y] & older [74+y] adults). Step 2: Tobit regression assessed associations of MLTC clusters and LTC counts with HRQoL, adjusted for sociodemographic covariates & baseline HRQoL.

Outcome: HRQoL assessed using EQ-5D Index Scores

Results: MLTC clusters differed across age strata. Depression was prevalent in clusters in young/middle-aged adults. Painful conditions, arthritis, and hypertension were prominent in clusters across middle-aged/early-old/older adults. All MLTC clusters were associated with lower HRQoL compared to no multimorbidity. In young/middle-aged adults, three clusters with depression as an anchoring LTC (i.e. >50% prevalence) were associated with large deficits in HRQoL (beta coefficients: −0.134 to −0.101). High prevalence of painful conditions and arthritis were associated with lower HRQoL across several MLTC clusters from middle-age onwards. In UKHLS only, clusters with high prevalence of heart disease were identified in middle-aged/early-old/older adults and were associated with the worst HRQoL scores at follow up (beta coefficients: −0.294, −0.143 & −0.104, respectively). Associations between LTC counts and HRQoL revealed poorer HRQoL scores in all age-groups as number of LTCs increased. For middle-aged/early-old adults, ≥4 LTCs was associated with greater deficit in HRQoL than any MLTC cluster. In young adults, similar associations were found for ≥3 LTCs.

Conclusions: The magnitude of negative association between MLTC clusters and HRQoL depends on age and composition of co-existing LTCs. MLTC clusters should be considered in the development of interventions targeting improvements in HRQoL.

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Bhautesh Jani, Frances Mair, Lewis Steell, Rod Taylor, Sayem Ahmed, Sally Singh, Grace Dibben
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