Research directions
editResearch funders in the UK, including the Medical Research Council (MRC), the Wellcome Trust and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) have published the "Cross-funder multimorbidity research framework" which sets out a vision for the research agenda of multiple long-term conditions. The framework aims to drive advances in the understanding of multiple long-term conditions and promote a change in research culture to tackle multimorbidity.[1][2] The NIHR also published its own strategic framework regarding MLTC which aligns with the cross-funder framework.[3]
As rehabilitation usually focuses on a single disease people with multiple long-term conditions are often excluded or not all their conditions are treated during rehabilitation. Researchers are looking for new models of rehabilitation that could be applied to people with multimorbidity.[4][5] For example the PERFORM trial is developing an exercise-based rehabilitation intervention that can be personalised for people with multiple long-term conditions.[6]
- ^ "Research funders publish framework to tackle multiple long-term conditions". The Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
- ^ Cross-funder multimorbidity research framework (Report). The Academy of Medical Sciences. June 2020.
- ^ "NIHR Strategic Framework for Multiple Long-Term Conditions (Multimorbidity) MLTC-M Research". National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Retrieved 2022-06-27.
- ^ Taylor, Rod S; Singh, Sally (2022-01-11). "Personalised rehabilitation for cardiac and pulmonary patients with multimorbidity: Time for implementation?". European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 28 (16): e19–e23. doi:10.1177/2047487320926058. ISSN 2047-4873.
- ^ Carlesso, Lisa C.; Skou, Søren T.; Tang, Lars H.; Simonÿ, Charlotte; Brooks, Dina (2020-02-01). "Multimorbidity: Making the Case for an End to Disease-Specific Rehabilitation". Physiotherapy Canada. 72 (1): 1–3. doi:10.3138/ptc-72-1-gee. ISSN 0300-0508.
- ^ "The PERFORM trial". University of Leicester. Retrieved 2023-02-05.