ArticleJournal of health, population, and nutrition2024
Multimorbidity and its associated risk factors among adults in northern Sudan: a community-based cross-sectional study.
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- Social determinants of multimorbidity in older adults in sub-saharan Africa: A systematic review.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Pooled it
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- Prevalence and Associated Factors of Depressive Symptoms Among Adults During Armed Conflict in Sudan: The Role of Internal Displacement.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Cognitive Impairment Among Adults in Central Sudan: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of general medicine · 2026Article
- Proton pump inhibitor use and risk of depression among Sudanese adults: a cross-sectional community-based study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundMultimorbidity (having two or more coexisting long-term conditions) is a growing global challenge. However, data on multimorbidity among adults in Africa, including Sudan, are scarce. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of multimorbidity and its associated risk factors among adults in Sudan.
methodsA community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in northern Sudan from March 2022 to May 2022. Participants' sociodemographic characteristics were assessed using a questionnaire. Multimorbidity was defined as having two or more coexisting long-term conditions, including diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension, obesity, anaemia and depression-anxiety. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to determine the associated factors.
resultsThe participants included 250 adults: 119 (47.6%) males and 131(52.4%) females. The median interquartile range (IQR) of the enrolled adults of the age was 43.0 (30.0‒55.0) years. Of the 250 adults, 82(32.8%), 17(6.8%), 84(33.6%), and 67(26.8%) were normal weight, underweight, overweight, and obese, respectively; 148(59.2%), 72(28.8%), 63(25.2%), 67(26.8%), and 98(39.2%) had hypertension, DM, anaemia, obesity, and depression-anxiety, respectively. A total of 154 adults (61.6%) had multimorbidity: 97(38.8%), 49(19.6%), and 8(3.2%) had two, three, and four morbidities, respectively. The remaining 21 (8.4%), and 75 (30.0%) adults had no morbidity, and one morbidity, respectively. In amultivariate logistic regression analysis, increasing age (adjusted odd ratio [AOR] = 1.03, 95% CI = 1.01‒1.05), and female sex (AOR = 2.17, 95% CI = 1.16‒4.06) were associated with multimorbidity.
conclusionsThe high prevalence of multimorbidity revealed in this study uncovers a major public health problem among Sudanese adults. Our results show that increasing age and female sex are associated with multimorbidity. Additional extensive studies are necessary to evaluate the magnitude of multimorbidity for improved future planning and establishing effective health systems.
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