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Quality of Preventive Clinical Services Among Caregivers in the Health and Retirement Study
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Quality of Preventive Clinical Services Among Caregivers in the Health and Retirement Study

Catherine Kim, Mohammed U Kabeto, Robrrt B Wallace and Kenneth M Langa
Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM, Vol.19(8), pp.875-878
08/01/2004
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30411.x
PMCID: PMC1492495
PMID: 15242474
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https://europepmc.org/articles/pmc1492495View
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Abstract

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.
caregiving cholesterol influenza mammography Populations at Risk prevention

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