The purpose of this project is to investigate the development course of health and health behavior among elderly Americans. Framed by the conceptual perspective of the behavioral model of health services utilization, the five specific goals of the study are to: (1) estimate, cross-sectionally, the interrelationships hypothesized in the behavioral model among demographic characteristics, social structural factors, health beliefs, family and community resources, perceived and evaluated health status, and the use of various types of health services; (2) examine, longitudinally, the causal sequences involved in the interrelationships described in objective 1 using 2-, 3-, and 4-wave models; (3) assess the consistency of the elderly's health and health behavior over time; (4) explore the causal relationships among the various measures of health services utilization themselves; and, (5) develop, separately, predictive models of the risk for institutionalization and death, using the factors listed in objective 1 as predictive variables. Data will be taken from the Longitudinal Study on Aging, which includes detailed baseline interviews on a national probability sample of 5,151 individuals aged 70 or over in 1984, who have been re-interviewed in 1986 and 1988, and are scheduled for re- interview again in 1990. In addition, this interview data has been matched and linked on an annual basis to the National Death Index and Medicare Part A files, for the years 1984 through 1990. Analytic techniques will include multiple regression, change score regression, linear panel analysis. LISREL, and event history analyses.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award (R37)
Project #
5R37AG009692-09
Application #
2712117
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (NSS)
Project Start
1990-06-01
Project End
2000-05-31
Budget Start
1998-06-01
Budget End
1999-05-31
Support Year
9
Fiscal Year
1998
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Saint Louis University
Department
Administration
Type
Schools of Public Health
DUNS #
City
Saint Louis
State
MO
Country
United States
Zip Code
63103
Wolinsky, Fredric D; Krygiel, Julie; Wyrwich, Kathleen W (2002) Hospitalization for prostate cancer among the older men in the longitudinal study on aging, 1984-1991. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 57:M115-21
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Clark, D O; Stump, T E; Wolinsky, F D (1998) Predictors of onset of and recovery from mobility difficulty among adults aged 51-61 years. Am J Epidemiol 148:63-71

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