Measuring Comorbidity in Cardiovascular Research : A Systematic Review

Joint Authors

Bettger, Janet A. Prvu
Zhang, Sarah Jingying
Buck, Harleah G.
Akbar, Jabar A.

Source

Nursing Research and Practice

Issue

Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-11, 11 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2013-07-17

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

11

Main Subjects

Nursing

Abstract EN

Background.

Everything known about the roles, relationships, and repercussions of comorbidity in cardiovascular disease is shaped by how comorbidity is currently measured.

Objectives.

To critically examine how comorbidity is measured in randomized controlled trials or clinical trials and prospective observational studies in acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart failure (HF), or stroke.

Design.

Systematic review of studies of hospitalized adults from MEDLINE CINAHL, PsychINFO, and ISI Web of Science Social Science databases.

At least two reviewers screened and extracted all data.

Results.

From 1432 reviewed abstracts, 26 studies were included (AMI n=8, HF n=11, stroke n=7).

Five studies used an instrument to measure comorbidity while the remaining used the presence or absence of an unsubstantiated list of individual diseases.

Comorbidity data were obtained from 1–4 different sources with 35% of studies not reporting the source.

A year-by-year analysis showed no changes in measurement.

Conclusions.

The measurement of comorbidity remains limited to a list of conditions without stated rationale or standards increasing the likelihood that the true impact is underestimated.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Buck, Harleah G.& Akbar, Jabar A.& Zhang, Sarah Jingying& Bettger, Janet A. Prvu. 2013. Measuring Comorbidity in Cardiovascular Research : A Systematic Review. Nursing Research and Practice،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-11.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Buck, Harleah G.…[et al.]. Measuring Comorbidity in Cardiovascular Research : A Systematic Review. Nursing Research and Practice No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-11.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Buck, Harleah G.& Akbar, Jabar A.& Zhang, Sarah Jingying& Bettger, Janet A. Prvu. Measuring Comorbidity in Cardiovascular Research : A Systematic Review. Nursing Research and Practice. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-481035

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-481035