Open AccessQuality of Preventive Clinical Services Among Caregivers in the Health and Retirement Study
Author(s) -
Kim Catherine,
Kabeto Mohammed U.,
Wallace Robert B.,
Langa Kenneth M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of general internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.746
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 1525-1497
pISSN - 0884-8734
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30411.x
Subject(s) - medicine , spouse , receipt , logistic regression , gerontology , health and retirement study , family medicine , computer science , sociology , world wide web , anthropology
We examined the association between caregiving for a spouse and preventive clinical services (self‐reported influenza vaccination, cholesterol screening, mammography, Pap smear, and prostate cancer screening over 2 years and monthly self‐breast exam) for the caregiver in a cross‐sectional analysis of the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults aged ≥50 years ( N = 11,394). Spouses engaged in 0, 1–14, or ≥14 hours per week of caregiving. Each service was examined in logistic regression models adjusting for caregiver characteristics. After adjustment for covariates, there were no significant associations between spousal caregiving and likelihood of caregiver receipt of preventive services.