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Quality of preventive clinical services among caregivers in the health and retirement study

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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.

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  1. Received from the Division of General Medicine, University of Michigan, USA

    Catherine Kim MD, MPH, Mohammed U. Kabeto MS & Kenneth M. Langa MD, PhD

  2. Department of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, USA

    Catherine Kim MD, MPH

  3. Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, USA

    Kenneth M. Langa MD, PhD

  4. Patient Safety Enhancement Program, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Mich

    Mohammed U. Kabeto MS & Kenneth M. Langa MD, PhD

  5. College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

    Robert B. Wallace MD

  6. Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, Ann Arbor, Mich

    Kenneth M. Langa MD, PhD

  7. Society for General Internal Medicine Collaborative Center for Research and Education in the Care of Older Adults, Ann Arbor, Mich

    Kenneth M. Langa MD, PhD

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Correspondence to Catherine Kim MD, MPH.

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Dr. Kim was supported by an American Diabetes Association Junior Faculty Award. Dr. Langa was supported by a Career Development Award from the National Institute on Aging (K08 AG19180), a New Investigator Research Grant from the Alzheimer’s Association, and a Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholars in Aging Research Award. The National Institute on Aging provided funding for the Health and Retirement Study (U01 AG09740), data from which were used in this analysis.

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Kim, C., Kabeto, M.U., Wallace, R.B. et al. Quality of preventive clinical services among caregivers in the health and retirement study. J GEN INTERN MED 19, 875–878 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30411.x

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