Rodriguez-Blazquez, CarmenJoão Forjaz, MariaGimeno-Miguel, AntonioBliek-Bueno, KevinPoblador-Plou, BeatrizPilar Luengo-Broto, SaraGuerrero-Fernández de Alba, InmaculadaMaria Carriazo, AnaLama, CarmenRodríguez-Acuña, RafaelCosano, InmaculadaBedoya, Juan JoséAngioletti, CarmenCarfì, AngeloDi Paola, AntonellaNavickas, RokasJureviciene, ElenaDambrauskas, LaimisLiseckiene, IdaValius, LeonasUrbonas, GediminasOnder, GrazianoPrados-Torres, Alexandra2023-02-092023-02-092020-07-22http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15988Multimorbidity, the coexistence of several chronic conditions in a patient, represents a great challenge for healthcare systems and society. The Integrated Multimorbidity Care Model (IMCM) was recently designed within the Joint Action on chronic diseases and promoting healthy ageing across the life cycle (CHRODIS) to ensure the continuity of care for patients with multimorbidity. The IMCM was implemented in five European pilot sites in Spain, Italy, and Lithuania, within the Joint Action CHRODIS-PLUS. The effect of these pilot interventions was assessed pre- and post-implementation by 17 healthcare managers, using the Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (ACIC) measure, and by 226 patients with the Patient Assessment of Care for Chronic Conditions (PACIC+) survey. The ACIC total score significantly increased (5.23 to 6.71, p = 0.022) after the intervention, with differences across sites. A significant increase in the PACIC+ summary score was found ranging from 3.25 at baseline to 4.03 after the intervention (penAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/care modelchronic diseasescomprehensive assessmentimplementation researchindividualized care plansintegrated careintegrated multimorbidity care modelmultimorbiditynon-communicable diseasesChronic DiseaseFemaleHumansItalyLithuaniaMaleMultimorbiditySpainresearch article32707791open access10.3390/ijerph171552681660-4601PMC7432941https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/15/5268/pdf?version=1595431430https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7432941/pdf