How older patients prioritise their multiple health problems: a qualitative study.
Ulrike Junius-WalkerTanja SchleefUlrike VogelsangMarie-Luise DierksPublished in: BMC geriatrics (2019)
Patients assess health problems as important if they interfere with what they want from life (life values and goals). Psychological adjustment, by contrast, facilitates a downgrading of the importance. Asking patients with multimorbidity, which health problems are important, may guide physicians to treatment priorities and health problems in need of empowerment.