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. 2024 Jan 11:11:1242091.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1242091. eCollection 2023.

Emotional distress and multimorbidity patterns in Chinese Han patients with osteoporosis: a network analysis

Huiyao Wang  1 , Qian Xia  1 , Zaiquan Dong  1 , Wanjun Guo  2 , Wei Deng  2 , Lan Zhang  1 , Weihong Kuang  1 , Tao Li  2   3
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Emotional distress and multimorbidity patterns in Chinese Han patients with osteoporosis: a network analysis

Huiyao Wang et al. Front Public Health. .

Abstract

With the aging of the population, the prevalence of osteoporosis and multimorbidity is increasing. Patients with osteoporosis often experience varying levels of emotional distress, including anxiety and depression. However, few studies have explored the patterns of multiple conditions and their impact on patients' emotional distress. Here, we conducted a network analysis to explore the patterns of multimorbidities and their impact on emotional distress in 13,359 Chinese Han patients with osteoporosis. The results showed that multimorbidity was prevalent in Chinese patients with osteoporosis and increased with age, and was more frequent in males than in females, with the most common pattern of multimorbidity being osteoporosis and essential (primary) hypertension. Finally, we found that patients' emotional distress increased with the number of multimorbidities, especially in female patients, and identified eight multimorbidities with high correlation to patients' emotional distress.

Keywords: anxiety; depression; emotional distress; multimorbidity; osteoporosis.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
(A) The number of multimorbidities in patients with osteoporosis. (B) The average number of multimorbidities in patients with osteoporosis by age and sex. (C) The number of multimorbidities in male patients with osteoporosis by age group. (D) The number of multimorbidities in female patients with osteoporosis by age group.
Figure 2
Figure 2
(A) Multimorbidity network in patients with osteoporosis. (B) CSAD* multimorbidity network in patients with osteoporosis. *CSAD, clinically significant anxiety and/or depression.
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  • Comorbidity versus multimorbidity: Why it matters.
    Harrison C, Fortin M, van den Akker M, Mair F, Calderon-Larranaga A, Boland F, Wallace E, Jani B, Smith S. Harrison C, et al. J Multimorb Comorb. 2021 Mar 2;11:2633556521993993. doi: 10.1177/2633556521993993. eCollection 2021 Jan-Dec. J Multimorb Comorb. 2021. PMID: 33718251 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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