Prevalence and predictors of multi-morbidity among the elderly of Paschim Medinipur: A rural-urban comparison Koley Samarpita, Sarkar Sovanjan Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore-721102 (West Bengal) Online Published on 22 September, 2022. Abstract The present study compares the prevalence and lifestyle-related multimorbidity among the Bengali-speaking Hindu population of Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal between rural and urban settings. 1000 individuals of both sexes (Males=467, Females=533 of age varying from 60 years and above,were selected by using purposive sampling method from the rural (males=263 and females=237) and urban (males=204 andfemales=296) areas.The socioeconomic profile and morbidity-related data were collected by using pretested questionnaires. The results showed a high prevalence of different groups of chronic diseases among the rural people, irrespective ofsex.Friedfood, perceived psycho-social stress, family type, educational status, monthly family income, daily activity pattern, and consumption of various types of food are found to be the significant determinants of multimorbidity.The present cross-sectional study suggests that rural people are unaware of the healthy lifestyle and were also suffering from chronic diseases more than their urban counterparts. Top Keywords Multimorbidity, Lifestyle, Elderly, Rural-urban, Midnapore, India. Top |