Adapting the definition of multimorbidity – development of a locality-based consensus for selecting included Long Term Conditions

Table 4 Summary of high, medium and low consensus LTCs considered for inclusion in the definition of multimorbidity based on target criteria

High consensus LTCs^a	Medium consensus LTCs^b	Low consensus LTCs^c
Asthma	Anxiety Disorders	Alcohol Dependence
Atrial Fibrillation	Blindness/Severe Visual Impairment	Anorexia or Bulimia
Cancer	Chronic Pain	Back Pain
Chronic Kidney Disease	Cognitive and Learning Disabilities	Headache
COPD	Deafness/Severe Hearing Impairment	HIV/AIDS
Coronary Heart Disease	Inflammatory Bowel Disease	Liver Disease
Dementia	Multiple Sclerosis	Lupus
Depression	Osteoarthritis	Migraines
Diabetes	Osteoporosis	Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Epilepsy	Parkinson’s Disease	Other Inflammatory Polyarthropathies & Systemic Connective Tissue Disorders
Heart Failure	Peripheral Arterial/Vascular Disease	Personality Disorder
Hypertension	Rheumatoid Arthritis	Phobias
Stroke	Serious Mental Illness	Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
	Thyroid Problems	Sickle Cell Anaemia
	Transient Ischaemic Attack	Viral Hepatitis (B & C)

^aAll high consensus LTCs (n = 13) met the target criteria score and included for further evaluation
^bThe medium consensus LTCs highlighted in bold (n = 12) met the target criteria score and included for further evaluation
^cThe low consensus LTCs highlighted in bold (n = 7) were considered locally important and included for further evaluation

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