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Older adults' contact with health practitioners
— is there an association with smoking practices? | | Author(s) | Mark S Kaplan, Jason T Newsom, Bentson H McFarland |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol 57A, no 6, June 2002 |
| Pages | pp M343-M346 |
| Keywords | Tobacco smoking ; Usage [services] ; Health services ; Medical workers ; Correlation ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Some 12% of the North American population aged 65+ smoke cigarettes daily. The authors used data on a probability-based sample of 13,363 community-dwelling respondents from the Canadian 1996-1997 National Population Health Survey. Descriptive statistics were calculated, and multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to examine the associations between current tobacco use and contact with health care practitioners. Older people without a regular doctor, with infrequent physical and dental check-ups were more likely to be current smokers. Age (younger), church attendance (infrequent), drinking behaviour (former or occasional), body mass index (BMI) (normal weight), and psychological distress were all independently related to current smoking. Thus, patients' contact with health care providers is strongly negatively associated with smoking. More specific data are needed to learn the frequency with which doctors and dental professionals attempt to modify older people's smoking behaviour, and the degree to which such effects are effective. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020822508 A |
| Classmark | ETT: QLD: L: QT: 49: 7S |
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