Lifestyle behaviours and physical, psychological, and cognitive multimorbidity among older hypertensive population in remote areas of China

IF 3.9 3区医学 Q1 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Public Health Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI:10.1016/j.puhe.2025.02.005

Yifei Feng , Saiyi Wang , Lipei Zhao , Xinghong Guo , Zhanlei Shen , Yijing Zhang , Clifford Silver Tarimo , Chengzeng Wang , Hang Fu , Shuai Jiang , Yanran Duan , Yudong Miao , Jian Wu

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Abstract

Objectives

With the intensification of aging, the proportion of people affected by multimorbidity is steadily increasing worldwide. In remote areas of China, where economic development is lagging and healthcare resources are limited, the older hypertensive population may experience a higher burden of multimorbidity. However, comprehensive evidence is still lacking on how specific combinations of lifestyle behaviours (LBs) impact particular multimorbidity health outcomes in older hypertensive individuals.

Study design

A cross-sectional study was conducted among the older hypertensive population (aged ≥65 years) from 1 July to August 31, 2023 in Jia County, a remote area of China.

Methods

A total of 40 diseases were categorized into physical, psychological and cognitive disorders. Multivariable-adjusted logistic regression models were used to estimate ORs and 95 % CIs for the associations between LBs and multimorbidity.

Results

Among 17,728 participants, the prevalence of physical, psychological, cognitive, physical-psychological multimorbidity (PPsM), physical-cognitive multimorbidity (PCM), psychological-cognitive multimorbidity (PsCM), and physical-psychological-cognitive multimorbidity (PPsCM) were 63.55 %, 30.12 %, 64.55 %, 22.31 %, 42.03 %, 22.57 %, and 16.74 %, respectively. Compared to participants without any healthy LBs, those with five healthy LBs were associated with a lower risk of physical, psychological, cognitive, PPsM, PCM, PsCM, and PPsCM. Overall, the risk of adverse outcomes decreased with the number of healthy LBs (P_trend<0.001). However, combinations of healthy LBs of the same quantity but from different categories exhibited varying impacts on the outcomes.

Conclusions

Multimorbidity involving physical, psychological, and cognitive disorders poses a significant challenge for managing hypertention. Strengthening the capacity of primary healthcare workers to promote healthy lifestyle practices and identifying the optimal LB combinations should be prioritized in the management of hypertensive individuals in remote areas of China.

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Public Health 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

7.60

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0.00%

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280

审稿时长

37 days

期刊介绍： Public Health is an international, multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal. It publishes original papers, reviews and short reports on all aspects of the science, philosophy, and practice of public health.