Multimorbidity prevalence and chronic disease patterns among tuberculosis survivors in a high-income setting.
Christopher Andrew BashamMohammad Ehsanul KarimJames C JohnstonPublished in: Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique (2022)
TB survivors had a 74% higher prevalence of multimorbidity compared with CEM-matched non-TB controls. TB-specific multimorbidity patterns were observed through differences in chronic disease frequencies between the matched samples. These findings suggest a need for TB-specific multimorbidity interventions in high-income settings such as Canada. We suggest TB survivorship as a framework for developing person-centred interventions for multimorbidity among TB survivors.