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Judgments about estrogen replacement therapy
— the role of age, cognitive abilities, and beliefs | | Author(s) | Melissa D Zwahr, Denise C Park, Kim Shifren |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 14, no 2, June 1999 |
| Pages | pp 179-191 |
| Keywords | Drugs ; Older women ; Mental health [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study investigated age, cognitive abilities, health beliefs, and other factors in women's judgments about effective treatments for menopause. 102 women, ranging in age from 20 to 79, read a vignette about a woman facing a decision about hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and then made judgments about what should be done. Participants also answered questions regarding HRT and cognitive abilities. Path analytic techniques were used to determine the role of specific cognitive abilities and the representation of menopause and its treatment in making judgments about HRT treatments. Cognitive abilities had direct effects on treatment decisions. Education affected the number of perceived options for treatment. Age and education indirectly affected treatment decisions, operating through cognitive abilities. Factors related to the mental representation of menopause had no direct effects and few indirect effects on treatment decisions. Potential mechanisms that can help older people compensate for declines in cognitive abilities in medical decisions are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990825211 A |
| Classmark | LLD: BD: D: CC: 7T |
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