title: Quality of preventive clinical services among caregivers in the health and retirement study.
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 > or = 50 years (N = 11,394). Spouses engaged in 0, 1-14, or > 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, USA. cath-kim@umich.edu
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Mohammed U
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Kabeto
authors.forename: Robert B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: Kenneth M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Langa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States