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Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học đề tài : Subjective assessments of comorbidity correlate with quality of life health outcomes: Initial validation of a comorbidity assessment instrument | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Research Open Access Subjective assessments of comorbidity correlate with quality of life health outcomes Initial validation of a comorbidity assessment instrument Elizabeth A Bayliss 1 2 Jennifer L Ellis1 and John F Steiner1 3 Address 1Kaiser Permanente PO Box 378066 80237-8066 Denver CO USA 2Department of Family Medicine University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Denver CO USA and 3Colorado Health Outcomes Program University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Denver CO USA Email Elizabeth A Bayliss - Elizabeth.Bayliss@kp.org Jennifer L Ellis - Jenn.L.Ellis@kp.org John F Steiner - John.Steiner@uchsc.edu Corresponding author Published 01 September 2005 Received 08 July 2005 J A. . _ri.r_ A. ._ ÌAAC - .r I . A IIOZ U77 7MC - Accepted 01 September 2005 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2005 3 51 doi 10.1186 1477-7525-3- 51 This article is available from http www.hqlo.com content 3 1 51 2005 Bayliss et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http creativecommons.Org licenses by 2.0 which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Interventions to improve care for persons with chronic medical conditions often use quality of life QOL outcomes. These outcomes may be affected by coexisting comorbid chronic conditions as well as the index condition of interest. A subjective measure of comorbidity that incorporates an assessment of disease severity may be particularly useful for assessing comorbidity for these investigations. Methods A survey including a list of 25 common chronic conditions was administered to a population of HMO members age 65 or older. Disease burden comorbidity was defined as the number of self-identified comorbid conditions weighted by the degree from 1 to 5 to which each interfered with their daily activities. We