Number of chronic conditions and associated functional limitations among older adults: cross-sectional findings from the longitudinal aging study in India

Abstract Background Chronic conditions reduce the likelihood of physical functioning among older adults. However, the contribution of most prevalent diseases and multimorbidity to different measures of functional limitations is relatively underexplored among Indian older adults. The present study ex...

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Main Authors: Palak Sharma, Priya Maurya, T. Muhammad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-11-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02620-0