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Alexandra Prados-Torres
Researcher at International Association of Classification Societies
Publications - 111
Citations - 3657
Alexandra Prados-Torres is an academic researcher from International Association of Classification Societies. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Health care. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 100 publications receiving 2630 citations. Previous affiliations of Alexandra Prados-Torres include Carlos III Health Institute & Andalusian School of Public Health.
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Multimorbidity patterns: a systematic review
Alexandra Prados-Torres,Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga,Jorge Hancco-Saavedra,Beatriz Poblador-Plou,Beatriz Poblador-Plou,Marjan van den Akker,Marjan van den Akker +6 more
TL;DR: The existence of associations beyond chance among the different diseases that comprise these patterns should be considered with the aim of directing future lines of research that measure their intensity, clarify their nature, and highlight the possible causal underlying mechanisms.
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Assessing and Measuring Chronic Multimorbidity in the Older Population : A Proposal for Its Operationalization
Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga,Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga,Davide L. Vetrano,Davide L. Vetrano,Graziano Onder,Luis Andrés Gimeno-Feliu,Carlos Coscollar-Santaliestra,Angelo Carfì,Maria Stella Pisciotta,Sara Angleman,René J. F. Melis,Giola Santoni,Francesca Mangialasche,Debora Rizzuto,Anna-Karin Welmer,Roberto Bernabei,Alexandra Prados-Torres,Alessandra Marengoni,Alessandra Marengoni,Laura Fratiglioni +19 more
TL;DR: This operational measure of multimorbidity, which can be implemented using either or both clinical and administrative data, may facilitate its monitoring and international comparison and enable the advancement and evolution of conceptual and theoretical aspects of multimOrbidity that will eventually lead to better care.
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Multimorbidity patterns in primary care: interactions among chronic diseases using factor analysis.
Alexandra Prados-Torres,Beatriz Poblador-Plou,Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga,Luis Andrés Gimeno-Feliu,Francisca González-Rubio,Antonio Poncel-Falcó,A Sicras-Mainar,José Tomás Alcalá-Nalvaiz +7 more
TL;DR: Five patterns of multimorbidity were identified: cardio-metabolic, psychiatric-substance abuse, mechanical-obesity-thyroidal, psychogeriatric and depressive, and there were differences between men and women.
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The Ariadne principles: how to handle multimorbidity in primary care consultations
Christiane Muth,Marjan van den Akker,Marjan van den Akker,Marjan van den Akker,Jeanet W. Blom,Christian D Mallen,Justine Rochon,François G. Schellevis,Annette Becker,Martin Beyer,Jochen Gensichen,Hanna Kirchner,Rafael Perera,Alexandra Prados-Torres,Martin Scherer,Ulrich Thiem,Hendrik van den Bussche,Paul Glasziou +17 more
TL;DR: To provide orientation in decision making in multimorbidity during primary care consultations, guiding principles are developed and named after the Greek mythological figure Ariadne and recognized and appreciated as important by family physicians and primary care researchers.
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Comorbidity of dementia: a cross-sectional study of primary care older patients
Beatriz Poblador-Plou,Beatriz Poblador-Plou,Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga,Javier Marta-Moreno,Jorge Hancco-Saavedra,A Sicras-Mainar,Michael Soljak,Alexandra Prados-Torres +7 more
TL;DR: The analysis of the comorbidities associated with an index disease (e.g., dementia) must not be exclusively based on prevalence rates, but rather on methodologies that allow the discovery of non-random associations between diseases.