"Comorbidity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The presence of co-existing or additional diseases with reference to an initial diagnosis or with reference to the index condition that is the subject of study. Comorbidity may affect the ability of affected individuals to function and also their survival; it may be used as a prognostic indicator for length of hospital stay, cost factors, and outcome or survival.
| Descriptor ID |
D015897
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N05.715.350.225 N06.850.490.687
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Comorbidity".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Comorbidity".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Comorbidity" by people in this website by year, and whether "Comorbidity" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 1995 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 1996 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1997 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 1998 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 1999 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 2000 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2001 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2002 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2003 | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| 2004 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 2005 | 1 | 25 | 26 |
| 2006 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2007 | 2 | 31 | 33 |
| 2008 | 0 | 40 | 40 |
| 2009 | 0 | 41 | 41 |
| 2010 | 1 | 33 | 34 |
| 2011 | 0 | 35 | 35 |
| 2012 | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| 2013 | 1 | 43 | 44 |
| 2014 | 3 | 48 | 51 |
| 2015 | 1 | 53 | 54 |
| 2016 | 1 | 59 | 60 |
| 2017 | 2 | 37 | 39 |
| 2018 | 2 | 40 | 42 |
| 2019 | 0 | 48 | 48 |
| 2020 | 1 | 33 | 34 |
| 2021 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2022 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Comorbidity" by people in Profiles.
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Predictors of Treatment Completion among Women Receiving Integrated Treatment for Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress and Substance Use Disorders. Subst Use Misuse. 2023; 58(4):500-511.
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Mood and Anxiety Disorders and Suicidality in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Focal Epilepsy: An Analysis of a Complex Comorbidity. Neurology. 2023 Mar 14; 100(11):e1123-e1134.
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Project Harmony: A Meta-Analysis With Individual Patient Data on Behavioral and Pharmacologic Trials for Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress and Alcohol or Other Drug Use Disorders. Am J Psychiatry. 2023 02 01; 180(2):155-166.
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Trends and Outcomes of Fungal Temporal Bone Osteomyelitis: A Scoping Review. Otol Neurotol. 2022 Dec 01; 43(10):1095-1107.
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Influence of comorbid social anxiety disorder in PTSD treatment outcomes for Prolonged Exposure in female military sexual trauma survivors with PTSD. J Clin Psychol. 2023 Apr; 79(4):1039-1050.
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Team-Based Care for Cancer Survivors With Comorbidities: A Systematic Review. J Healthc Qual. 2022 Sep-Oct 01; 44(5):255-268.
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How Different Pre-existing Mental Disorders and Their Co-occurrence Affects COVID-19 Clinical Outcomes? A Real-World Data Study in the Southern United States. Front Public Health. 2022; 10:831189.
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Headache, eating disorders, PTSD, and comorbidity: implications for assessment and treatment. Eat Weight Disord. 2022 Oct; 27(7):2693-2700.
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Stress- and drug-induced neuroimmune signaling as a therapeutic target for comorbid anxiety and substance use disorders. Pharmacol Ther. 2022 11; 239:108212.
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Neighborhood deprivation and risk of mortality among men with prostate cancer: Findings from a long-term follow-up study. Prostate. 2022 05; 82(7):783-792.