Skip to main content

Table 1 List of the 40 chronic disease conditions (Barnett et al. [7])

From: Identification of validated case definitions for chronic disease using electronic medical records: a systematic review protocol

• Hypertension

• Depression

• Painful condition

• Asthma

• Coronary heart disease

• Treated dyspepsia

• Diabetes

• Thyroid disorders

• Rheumatoid arthritis

• Hearing loss

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• Anxiety and other somatoform disorders

• Irritable bowel syndrome

• New diagnosis of cancer in last 5 years

• Alcohol problems

• Other psychoactive substance misuse

• Treated constipation

• Stoke and transient ischemic attack

• Chronic kidney disease

• Diverticular disease of the intestine

• Atrial fibrillation

• Peripheral vascular disease

• Heart failure

• Prostate disorders

• Glaucoma

• Epilepsy

• Dementia

• Schizophrenia

• Psoriasis or eczema

• Inflammatory bowel disease

• Migraine

• Blindness and low vision

• Chronic sinusitis

• Learning disability

• Anorexia or bulimia

• Bronchiectasis

• Parkinson’s disease

• Multiple sclerosis

• Viral hepatitis

• Chronic liver disease