**7. Recommendations**

Based on the findings of this study that chronic medical conditions are commonly associated with reduced quality of life and well-being, which further affect longevity, it becomes imperative that renewed efforts by government, aimed at both primary and secondary prevention, be intensified for these chronic medical conditions.

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