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Do older adults with multimorbidity prefer institutional care than those without multimorbidity? The role of functional limitation by Zhao, Dan (author);Li, Jie (author);Gao, Tingting (author);Sun, Jingjie (author);Wang, Yi (author);Wang, Qiong (author);Zhou, Chengchao (author) is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Abstract ## Background Population ageing and social transformation present tremendous challenges to the informal support system of older adults, which engendered institutional care in China. This study aimed to examine the association between multimorbidity and institutional care willingness, and investigate whether there is an interaction effects between multimorbidity and functional limitations on institutional care willingness among Chinese older adults. ## Methods Data were obtained from the sixth National Health Service Survey of Shandong province, China. The sample included 8583 older adults (age ≥ 60 years; 51.7% women), 44.8% without chronic diseases, 34.8% and 20.4% with one chronic condition and multimorbidity, respectively. Multivariable logistic regression models and marginal effects analysis were used to the interaction effects analysis. ## Results A total of 666 (7.8%) participants had institutional care willingness in Shandong, China. Participants with multimorbidity were more likely to have institutional care willingness than their peers without chronic condition (OR = 1.25, 95% CI = 1.06, 1.55) after adjusted for confounders. Marginal effect analysis showed that

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Author
Zhao, Dan (author);Li, Jie (author);Gao, Tingting (author);Sun, Jingjie (author);Wang, Yi (author);Wang, Qiong (author);Zhou, Chengchao (author)
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2022
Language
EN
Field
Medicine (Health Sciences)

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