However, for those dying from other causes, presence of a spouse with or without long-standing illness, or other primary coresident with a long-term illness had no significant effect, and having as a primary coresident someone other than a spouse with no long-term illness only a very marginal one (OR 1.16, CI 1.02 1.32, P<0.05).
However, in high income countries, such as Australia, cushioned with publicly funded health care and social security arrangements, the economic effects of long-term illness are not as immediately obvious.
Long-term illness was based on the "Yes" or "No" answer question; " Are you suffering from any long-term illness, after effects from accident or other ailment?" Respondents who answered "Yes" were regarded as suffering from long-term illness.
The sometimes devastating effect of the virus on the brain, along with the stress of living with a long-term illness is running headlong into the emotionally turbulent adolescent years, when mood disorders like depression are most likely to appear.
Some pharmacies are also piloting long-term illness services.
It debilitates, restricts and depresses individuals, often becoming a chronic long-term illness.
Loneliness is as bad for health as long-term illness.
Long-term illness breaks a person down, mentally and physically.
Among women, the long-term remarried also had higher odds of reporting long-term illness in 1991 and in 2001 and those remarried and previously divorced had raised odds of long-term illness and raised mortality 1991-2001; this latter effect was not significant in models including parity.
Women in long-term remarriages also had higher odds of reporting long-term illness in 1991 and in 2001, relative to women in long-term first marriages, and remarried women who had previously been divorced had both raised odds of long-term illness and raised mortality 1991-2001, althisgh this latter effect ceased to be significant when parity was also considered.
Treating these diseases can prevent long-term illness.
