This work has implications for public health in Nepal:.- identifying the needs of an urban, older population.- highlighting differences in health needs across genders.- the need to target high risk populations for health interventions 🎯.

Age, gender and healthcare visits were associated with having a chronic condition 🏥.

About 40% of participants had one chronic disease and 25% had two or more ⚕️.

The study utilised community based self reported data from three diverse regions in Nepal 🏠.

This study explores the burden of chronic conditions across three regions in Nepal and their association with contributing factors 🇳🇵.

🚨 Article of the Week 🚨. Chronic morbidity levels and associated factors among older adults in western Nepal: A cross-sectional study by Shrestha et al.

RT @SageJournals: What does inclusive health care look like for LGBTQIA+ communities?. This #PrideMonth, explore research that challenges,….

Use of stakeholder consultations ensured the findings were considered in context of those they would impact. Stakeholders wanted future definitions to be concise, user friendly and focus on quality of life 🙋‍♂️.

The review found in the 38 included papers there were 44 different definitions of Advanced Multimorbidity with varying approaches taken and indicators included ⚖️.

This scoping review used content analysis to describe the various ways Advanced Multimorbidity is described in the literature 📝.

Advanced Multimorbidity is a term to describe individuals with deteriorating health due to long-term conditions who are nearing the end of life or might benefit from a palliative care approach 💡.

This weeks article of the week is from one of our Editorial Fellows @SarahPBowers. Descriptions of advanced multimorbidity: A scoping review with content analysis.

The Journal of Multimorbidity & Comorbidity are excited to announce we have achieved our first Impact Factor of 3.0! More metrics about the Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity can be found at: .

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This study overall highlights factors influencing implementation of the TCSI and gives points to consider for future researchers and clinicians undertaking similar work.

Some barriers to the intervention were:.😷 COVID-19 related challenges.📞 poor communication with providers.🖥️ virtual care deliver.

Example of enablers for the intervention were:.💪🏻 a collaborative and interdependent healthcare team .💰 dedicated resources to support delivery . 💻 structures to facilitate information sharing.

The TCSI is based on evidenced based guidelines to support self management in transitional care for older adults with stroke and multimorbidity with virtual visits were carried out by the multidisciplinary team 🙋‍���️.

This study undertook a pragmatic randomized controlled trial to implement the Transitional Care Stroke Intervention (TCSI) with the results from an embedded qualitative study present here 💡.

🚨Article of the Week 🚨. This weeks article of the week comes from @MaureMarkleReid et al - Implementation of the virtual transitional care stroke intervention for older adults with stroke and multimorbidity: A qualitative descriptive study.