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Primary Care Clinician Expectations Regarding Aging
Author(s) -
Melinda M. Davis,
Lynne A. Bond,
Andrew W. Howard,
Catherine A. Sarkisian
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnr017
Subject(s) - respondent , medicine , family medicine , gerontology , health care , primary care , quality of life (healthcare) , nursing , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Expectations regarding aging (ERA) in community-dwelling older adults are associated with personal health behaviors and health resource usage. Clinicians' age expectations likely influence patients' expectations and care delivery patterns; yet, limited research has explored clinicians' age expectations. The Expectations Regarding Aging Survey (ERA-12) was used to assess (a) age expectations in a sample of primary care clinicians practicing in the United States and (b) clinician characteristics associated with ERA-12 scores.

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