Objective The objectives of this study were: 1) to estimate the prevalence of multimorbidity in 2013 and 2019 in adults aged 20 to 59 years; 2) assess inequalities in the prevalence of multimorbidity in 2013 and 2019 according to educational level. Methods We used data from two cross-sectional surveys from the Brazilian National Health Survey (PNS) in 2013 and 2019. Multimorbidity was assessed from 14 lifetime ...
To measure the occurrence of protective behaviors for COVID-19 and sociodemographic factors according to the occurrence of multimorbidity (MM) in the Brazilian population aged 50 or over was the objective of this study. We used data from telephone surveys among participants of ELSI (Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Elderly's Health), conducted between May and June 2020. The use of non-pharmacological prevention ...