Witham MD

ORCID: 0000-0002-1967-0990 · 5 papers in corpus
other 2026
JRSM open ·doi:10.1177/20542704261465142

OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of multiple long-term conditions (MLTC) among people accessing hospital care in North East England, and to assess associations with age, sex, ethnicity and neighbourhood deprivation. DESIGN: Analysis …

other 2026
BMJ medicine ·doi:10.1136/bmjmed-2025-001495

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate how UK guidelines for individual health conditions consider coexisting multiple long term conditions and to propose improvements to guideline development processes so that guidelines appropriately account for and con…

observational 2025
·doi:10.1101/2025.11.14.25340239

Background The transformation of the National Health Service (NHS), outlined in the 10 Year Health Plan for England, must take account of the inexorable rise in the prevalence of multiple long-term conditions (MLTC). However, most evidence…

observational 2024
BMJ open ·doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085204

ObjectivesThis study aims to determine whether machine learning can identify specific combinations of long-term conditions (LTC) associated with increased sarcopenia risk and hence address an important evidence gap-people with multiple LTC …

other 2024
European geriatric medicine ·doi:10.1007/s41999-024-00953-8

PURPOSE: Greater transparency and consistency when defining multimorbidity in different settings is needed. We aimed to: (1) adapt published principles that can guide the selection of long-term conditions for inclusion in research studies o…