What's the impact of having multiple long-term conditions on everyday life?

Themes of work. Footnote: The outer oval includes examples of concepts in each theme (not an exhaustive list)

New research has been looking at how the lives of people are affected by living with one or more long-term condition.

It's increasingly common for people to have to manage several health conditions that require time and support from health and care professionals as well as carers.

This study examined evidence from 46 publications on multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs) - whittled down from more than 46,000 possible publications.

The paper is published in BMC Public health and you can read it here

This work is part of a bigger project MELD-B - which aims to use an Artificial Intelligence (AI) enhanced analysis of birth cohort data and electronic health records to identify lifecourse time points and targets for the prevention of early-onset, burdensome multiple long-term conditions.

MELD-B draws on the skills and expertise of academics from across England, Scotland and Wales and features Professors Nisreen Alwan and Simon Fraser from ARC Wessex based in Southampton.