%0 Journal Article %J Prev Med %D 2014 %T Satisfaction with aging and use of preventive health services. %A Eric S Kim %A Kyle D Moored %A Hannah L. Giasson %A Jacqui Smith %K Aged %K Aged, 80 and over %K Aging %K Chronic disease %K Female %K Health Behavior %K Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice %K Humans %K Influenza Vaccines %K Logistic Models %K Male %K Mammography %K Middle Aged %K Patient Acceptance of Health Care %K Patient Satisfaction %K Personal Satisfaction %K Preventive Health Services %K Prostatic Neoplasms %K Surveys and Questionnaires %K United States %K Vaginal Smears %X

OBJECTIVE: Preventive health service use is relatively low among older age groups. We hypothesized that aging satisfaction would be associated with increased use of preventive health services four years later.

METHOD: We conducted multiple logistic regression analyses on a sample of 6177 people from the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative study of U.S. adults over the age of 50 (M age=70.6; women n=3648; men n=2529).

RESULTS: Aging satisfaction was not associated with obtaining flu shots. However, in fully-adjusted models, each standard deviation increase in aging satisfaction was associated with higher odds of reporting service use for cholesterol tests (OR=1.10, 95% CI=1.00-1.20). Further, women with higher aging satisfaction were more likely to obtain a mammogram/x-ray (OR=1.17, 95% CI=1.06-1.29) or Pap smear (OR=1.10, 95% CI=1.00-1.21). Among men, the odds of obtaining a prostate exam increased with higher aging satisfaction (OR=1.20 95% CI=1.09-1.34).

CONCLUSION: These results suggest that aging satisfaction potentially influences preventive health service use after age 50.

%B Prev Med %I 69 %V 69 %P 176-80 %8 2014 Dec %G eng %1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25240763?dopt=Abstract %R 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.09.008