Multimorbidity patterns and function among adults in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review protocol

Table 1 The PECO question framework for the proposed scoping review

Population	Exposure/condition^a	Context	Outcome^a
Adults (aged 18 years and older).	Multimorbidity patterns.	Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), i.e. low-income, lower-middle-income and upper-middle-income countries as classified by the World Bank [53].	Activity limitations, impairments of body function and participation restrictions.

^a The concepts of multimorbidity and activity limitations/impairments/participation restrictions will be considered either the main outcome or exposures of interest, considering the potential bidirectionality of multimorbidity–function relationships

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