Factors Associated with Health Check-up and Cancer Screening Participation among Family Caregivers of Patients with Dementia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Kim, Bomgyeol; Lee, Yejin; Noh, Jin‐Won; Kim, Tae Hyun

doi:10.1186/s12889-021-11768-8

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“…Consistent with the results from previous studies ( 20 – 22 ), the present study identified a significant relationship between age, education level, income, family support, and participation in health screening. Notably, socioeconomic factors were significant predictors of involvement in community health screening amongst older people.…”

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The Relationship Between Health Changes and Community Health Screening Participation Among Older People

2022

Front. Public Health

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The utilization of health screening and other community health services has been a hot topic in China. Thus, this study examined the effect of health changes (self-rated health, physical health, and mental health) on older people's community health screening participation in China. We derived the data from the 2016 and 2018 waves of the Chinese Longitudinal Aging Social Survey (CLASS). This paper included 10,992 observations in two waves. We tested the causal relationship using the fixed effects model. Approximately 29.56% of the respondents participated in a health screening. Notably, after controlling for covariates, changes in mental and physical health both significantly influenced seniors' participation in health screenings (self-rated health: β = 0.188, 95% CI [−0.037, −0.413]; physical health: β = 0.078, 95% CI [0.032, −0.124]; mental health: β = 0.034, 95% CI [−0.057, −0.002]). The findings showed age, educational level, income level, and family support to be significant factors associated with community health screening participation. Additionally, we identified a partial mediating effect of mental health between self-rated health and health screening participation and a partial mediating effect of depression between physical health and health screening participation. The results highlight the important role of health changes in influencing participation and promoting health screening in China. On this basis, healthcare providers in the community may consider health changes as a screening criterion to promote health screening, guiding other health promotion and prevention programs while promoting healthy aging.

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confidence: 92%

The Relationship Between Health Changes and Community Health Screening Participation Among Older People

2022

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“…Based on studies that examined factors that affect participation in disease screening or health promotion behaviors among family caregivers, 14,26,27 we included the following as possible confounders in the association between family caregivers' experience and their participation in health checkups: age, gender, relationship with care recipient, self-rated health, type of insurance, educational attainment, annual household income, municipality of residence, caregiving time, caregivers' experience as patients (caregivers' PX), social support by relatives or acquaintances and participation behavior in health checkups before starting LTCI use. Caregiving time was determined using a question based on the CSLC questionnaire.…”

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“…In countries like Japan and South Korea, where the government already recommends regular checkups for the general population, special attention is considered necessary to encourage family caregivers to undergo health checkups. 13,14 A recent examination of health checkups among family caregivers found that family caregivers who had more positive experiences with healthcare and social care professionals -in other words, positive interactions between the caregiver and the professionals who care for patients -were more likely to participate in health checkups. 15 This concept of experience has attracted attention as a means of evaluating the quality of professional care from the caregiver's perspective.…”

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Family caregivers' experience with healthcare and social care professionals and their participation in health checkups: A cross sectional study in Japan

Nakayama

Masumoto

Haruta

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J of Gen and Family Med

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Background For family caregivers, who are generally regarded as a vulnerable population, having regular checkups is a desirable health behavior. This study examined family caregivers' habit of having regular checkups prior to becoming involved with professionals who care for patients, and whether they had had recent checkups. We then examined the association between family caregivers' experience with professionals and their participation in checkups after adjusting for the past habit. Methods We conducted a cross sectional survey in Japan between November and December 2020. We recruited family caregivers who were aged 40–74 years and caring for community‐dwelling adult patients. The outcome variable was whether family caregivers had undergone any health checkups since April 2019. We assessed family caregivers' experience using the Japanese version of the Caregivers' Experience Instrument (J‐IEXPAC CAREGIVERS). Results Of the 1091 recruited family caregivers, 629 were included in the analysis. Of these, 358 had previously undergone regular checkups, and 158 had no checkups or selected the option “unknown.” Outcome rates in each group were 74.6% and 43.0%, respectively, and 62.0% for all 629 caregivers. Multivariate modified Poisson regression analysis revealed that among the J‐IEXPAC CAREGIVERS scores, only the domain score for attention for the caregiver was significantly associated with family caregivers' participation in checkups (adjusted prevalence ratio per 1 SD increase = 1.07; 95% CI 1.01–1.14). Conclusions Among family caregivers' experience with professionals, the factor that focused on caregivers themselves was significantly associated with their participation in checkups. This finding underscores the significance of caregiver‐focused care.

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“…In their research to identify the variables related to cancer screening participation among caregivers. [16] Discovered that individuals with lower levels of education had a reduced likelihood of participating in cancer screening exams. Another research [17]) established that patients from underprivileged socio-economic backgrounds had a reduced likelihood of getting checked for breast cancer resulting from a lack of medical insurance services [18].…”

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Determinants of Breast Cancer Screening among Rural Women, Homa Bay County, and Western Kenya

Odhiambo¹,

Oyore²,

Agina³

2022

IJRISS

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Breast cancer is a serious disease and it is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in Kenya and the World as a whole. It can be controlled by early detection, and prompt treatment or management. This paper aimed to demonstrate the screening levels of breast cancer among women in Homa-Bay County and determine factors associated with breast cancer screening. This was a cross-sectional study, which was done in April 2019 in two purposively selected sub-counties in Homa Bay County, Western Kenya. A region, which had previously registered lower screening levels of cancer in national surveys. Data analysis was majorly descriptive showing proportions. A Chi-square test was used to check for the association of categorical variables with breast cancer screening. Results indicated that the majority of the respondents had not gone (87.35%) for screening compared to those who had gone for screening (12.65%). Factors that were found to be significantly associated with breast cancer included if the woman was smoking (Chi-Square p-value = 0.02, history of a family member diagnosed with breast cancer (Chi-Square p-value = 0.004), and having undergone X-ray at one point in life (Chi-Square p-value = 0.021). The study concluded that breast cancer screening is still very low in Homa- Bay County and factors such as smoking and having a family member who had been diagnosed with breast cancer are associated with breast cancer screening. We recommend an increased health promotion and education activities based on breast cancer screening so that the women can go for the available cost-effective screening methods such as Clinical Breast Examination in Homa Bay County. This can be done through increased campaigns for breast cancer screening and home visits to encourage breast cancer screening or self-breast examination.

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Factors Associated with Health Check-up and Cancer Screening Participation among Family Caregivers of Patients with Dementia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Cited by 8 publications

References 30 publications

The Relationship Between Health Changes and Community Health Screening Participation Among Older People

The Relationship Between Health Changes and Community Health Screening Participation Among Older People

Family caregivers' experience with healthcare and social care professionals and their participation in health checkups: A cross sectional study in Japan

Determinants of Breast Cancer Screening among Rural Women, Homa Bay County, and Western Kenya

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