Background: In contrast to other chronic rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, comorbidities associated spondyloarthritis (SpA) and their impact on disease outcomes are less well studied. Objectives: The aim of our study was investigate the prevalence among SpA patients determine factors influencing appearance. Methods: We conducted a retrospective including meeting Assessment Spondy...

background: patients with heart disease experience limited activities of daily living (adl). this is a cross-country comparison of the additive effects of socioeconomics, health behaviors, and the number of medical comorbidities on disability among patients with heart disease. methods: the current study used a cross-sectional design. data came from the research on early life and aging trends an...

BACKGROUND Chronic hepatitis C (HCV) disease can be complicated with comorbid conditions that may impact treatment eligibility and outcomes. The aim of the study was to systematically review comorbidities and symptoms in an HCV infected population, specifically assessing comorbidities associated with HCV anti-viral treatment and disease, as well as comparing comorbidities between an HCV infecte...

BACKGROUND Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a significant source of mortality, morbidity, disability, and impaired health-related quality of life in the world. OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate the clustering patterns and associations of 29 comorbidities with in-hospital death among adult hospitalizations with a diagnosis of VTE in the United States by analyzing data from the 2009 Nationwide Inpa...

Epilepsy is still an issue that perplexes the epileptologists worldwide, with a reported impact on 50 million populations. With the reconceptualization of epilepsy as a disease of brain networks, it is great timing to rethink epilepsy and those associated comorbidities, including cognitive and behavioral comorbidities, psychiatric comorbidities, cardiovascular disease and migraine. In this revi...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to identify those comorbidities with greatest impact on patient-reported health status in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and to develop a comorbidity index that reflects their combined impact. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING We included 408 Swiss and Dutch primary care patients with COPD from the International Collaborative Effort on Chronic Obs...