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The effect of comorbid illness on receipt of cancer screening by older people.

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Heflin, MT; Oddone, EZ; Pieper, CF; Burchett, BM; Cohen, HJ
Published in: J Am Geriatr Soc
October 2002

OBJECTIVES: To identify associations between the type and number of diagnoses and receipt of screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer by older people. DESIGN: Sixth annual follow-up of a community-based survey with 4,162 participants aged 65 and older at baseline in 1986. SETTING: Piedmont area of North Carolina. PARTICIPANTS: Two thousand two hundred twenty-five subjects with a mean age of 79 who responded in 1992. MEASUREMENTS: Self-reported receipt of clinical breast examination, mammography, Papanicolaou (Pap) smear, and fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) within the 2 years before the survey. RESULTS: Hip fracture was associated with lower rates of mammography (odds ratio (OR) = 0.53, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.32-0.87) and cognitive impairment with lower rates of FOBT (OR = 0.71, 95% CI = 0.54-0.94). Hypertension was associated with higher rates of breast examination (OR = 1.56, 95% CI = 1.18-2.07), Pap smear (OR = 1.41, 95% CI = 1.09-1.83), and FOBT (OR = 1.37, 95% CI = 1.12-1.66) and a trend toward increasing rates of mammography (OR = 1.28, 95% CI = 0.98-1.69). The presence of three or more comorbid conditions was associated with an increased rate of mammography (OR = 1.35, 95% CI = 1.06-1.71), breast examination (OR = 1.46, 95% CI = 1.12-1.89), and Pap smear (OR = 1.31, 95% CI = 1.04-1.65). CONCLUSIONS: With few exceptions, the presence of comorbid conditions is not associated with a decreased rate of receipt of screening. In fact, hypertension and the presence of a higher number of comorbid conditions are associated with a higher rate of receipt of cancer screening. This finding may be due to an increase in the frequency of office visits increasing the opportunity for cancer screening.

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J Am Geriatr Soc

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ISSN

0002-8614

Publication Date

October 2002

Volume

50

Issue

10

Start / End Page

1651 / 1658

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Vaginal Smears
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care
  • Papanicolaou Test
  • Odds Ratio
  • Occult Blood
  • North Carolina
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Mammography
  • Male
  • Humans
 

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Heflin, M. T., Oddone, E. Z., Pieper, C. F., Burchett, B. M., & Cohen, H. J. (2002). The effect of comorbid illness on receipt of cancer screening by older people. J Am Geriatr Soc, 50(10), 1651–1658. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50456.x
Heflin, Mitchell T., Eugene Z. Oddone, Carl F. Pieper, Bruce M. Burchett, and Harvey Jay Cohen. “The effect of comorbid illness on receipt of cancer screening by older people.J Am Geriatr Soc 50, no. 10 (October 2002): 1651–58. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50456.x.
Heflin MT, Oddone EZ, Pieper CF, Burchett BM, Cohen HJ. The effect of comorbid illness on receipt of cancer screening by older people. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002 Oct;50(10):1651–8.
Heflin, Mitchell T., et al. “The effect of comorbid illness on receipt of cancer screening by older people.J Am Geriatr Soc, vol. 50, no. 10, Oct. 2002, pp. 1651–58. Pubmed, doi:10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50456.x.
Heflin MT, Oddone EZ, Pieper CF, Burchett BM, Cohen HJ. The effect of comorbid illness on receipt of cancer screening by older people. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002 Oct;50(10):1651–1658.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Am Geriatr Soc

DOI

ISSN

0002-8614

Publication Date

October 2002

Volume

50

Issue

10

Start / End Page

1651 / 1658

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Vaginal Smears
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care
  • Papanicolaou Test
  • Odds Ratio
  • Occult Blood
  • North Carolina
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Mammography
  • Male
  • Humans