Examining multimorbidity among middle-aged Canadians

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dc.contributor.authorSakib, Mohammad Nazmus
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeShooshtari, Shahin (Community Health Sciences) St. John, Philip (Internal Medicine)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorMenec, Verena (Community Health Sciences)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-06T19:13:16Z
dc.date.available2018-07-06T19:13:16Z
dc.date.issued2018-06-13en_US
dc.date.submitted2018-07-04T04:26:09Zen
dc.degree.disciplineCommunity Health Sciencesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science (M.Sc.)en_US
dc.description.abstractMultimorbidity is often considered a health problem of older people, but recent research shows that it is also prevalent among younger people. This thesis aimed to examine various aspects of multimorbidity among middle-aged people (45–64 years) using Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging baseline data. In the first manuscript, the prevalence of multimorbidity and its association with sociodemographic and lifestyle factors were examined. The prevalence of multimorbidity, defined as the coexisting three or more chronic conditions, was high among middle-aged people (39.59%). Multivariate logistic regression showed that being older, female and low income were associated with multimorbidity. Alcohol intake was found to be protective against multimorbidity. In the second manuscript, the association between multimorbidity and labour force participation was examined. Multivariate logistic regression showed that multimorbidity was associated with being retired and unemployed, but not the number of hours worked. This thesis showed that multimorbidity is prevalent among middle-aged people. Preventive strategies targeted at this age group may prevent the negative consequences of multimorbidity.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2018en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/33087
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectMultimorbidityen_US
dc.subjectMiddle-ageden_US
dc.subjectPrevalenceen_US
dc.subjectChronic conditionen_US
dc.subjectRisk factorsen_US
dc.subjectLabour force participationen_US
dc.subjectCross-sectional studyen_US
dc.subjectCanadian Longitudinal Study on Agingen_US
dc.titleExamining multimorbidity among middle-aged Canadiansen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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