PREVALENCE OF MULTIMORBIDITY IN A DISTRICT OF ISTANBUL

Introduction and Objectives Understanding the epidemiology of multimorbidity is great importance in determining the means of interventions in primary care. The aim of this study is to determine the multimorbidity prevalence for the patient population aged 40 and over in the Uskudar district of Istanbul. Method The case population for the study has been chosen by using the simple random sampling method (with 95% CI and 3% error, sample size: 893) among the individuals aged forty and over registered at family health centres in the suburb of Uskudar in Istanbul. Only the details concerning the multimorbidity of patients have been requested from the treating physicians. The FHC and hospital visits over the past one year as well as the diagnosis and the pharmacologically active compounds of medications prescribed at these visits have been recorded. Results and conclusion The study included 1187 cases and the multimorbidity prevalence is found to be %27.8 (n=330). The prevalence for females is shown to be higher (M: %19.5, F: % 36.1 py % 19.5 n=179, 65