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Beliefs and communication practices regarding cognitive functioning among consumers and primary care providers in the United States, 2009.

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Friedman, DB; Rose, ID; Anderson, LA; Hunter, R; Bryant, LL; Wu, B; Deokar, AJ; Tseng, W
Published in: Preventing chronic disease
April 2013

Limited research has examined primary care providers' communication with patients about maintaining cognitive functioning. Our study's objective was to compare the perceptions of consumers and primary care providers related to beliefs and communication practices about lifestyle behaviors beneficial for overall health and for maintaining cognitive functioning.In 2009, we submitted 10 questions to Porter Novelli's HealthStyles survey and 6 questions to their DocStyles survey. We compared consumers' (n = 4,728) and providers' (n = 1,250) beliefs, practices, and information sources related to maintaining health and cognitive functioning. We made comparisons using nonparametric statistics.Approximately 76% of consumers considered their health to be good or very good; 73.4% were concerned or very concerned about the possibility that their memory may worsen with age. Women were significantly more concerned than men, and white consumers were more concerned than black and Hispanic consumers. Consumers reported they believed that intellectual stimulation (86.6%), physical activity (82.6%), and healthful diet (82.5%) prevented or delayed cognitive impairment. Providers reported advising patients to reduce cognitive impairment risk through physical activity (85.9%), intellectual stimulation (80.3%), and social involvement (67.4%). Few consumers (7.8%) reported receiving this information from providers but reported learning about strategies to maintain memory, primarily from television (50.1%), magazines (44.1%), and newspapers (33.7%).Providers reported advising patients about how to reduce risks of cognitive impairment. Consumers reported receiving this information from other sources. Findings suggest a need to examine and assess media messages and to better understand patient-provider communication about cognitive functioning.

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Preventing chronic disease

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1545-1151

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1545-1151

Publication Date

April 2013

Volume

10

Start / End Page

E58

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Risk Factors
  • Primary Health Care
  • Physicians
  • Physician-Patient Relations
  • Patients
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Life Style
 

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Friedman, D. B., Rose, I. D., Anderson, L. A., Hunter, R., Bryant, L. L., Wu, B., … Tseng, W. (2013). Beliefs and communication practices regarding cognitive functioning among consumers and primary care providers in the United States, 2009. Preventing Chronic Disease, 10, E58. https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.120249
Friedman, Daniela B., India D. Rose, Lynda A. Anderson, Rebecca Hunter, Lucinda L. Bryant, Bei Wu, Angela J. Deokar, and Winston Tseng. “Beliefs and communication practices regarding cognitive functioning among consumers and primary care providers in the United States, 2009.Preventing Chronic Disease 10 (April 2013): E58. https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.120249.
Friedman DB, Rose ID, Anderson LA, Hunter R, Bryant LL, Wu B, et al. Beliefs and communication practices regarding cognitive functioning among consumers and primary care providers in the United States, 2009. Preventing chronic disease. 2013 Apr;10:E58.
Friedman, Daniela B., et al. “Beliefs and communication practices regarding cognitive functioning among consumers and primary care providers in the United States, 2009.Preventing Chronic Disease, vol. 10, Apr. 2013, p. E58. Epmc, doi:10.5888/pcd10.120249.
Friedman DB, Rose ID, Anderson LA, Hunter R, Bryant LL, Wu B, Deokar AJ, Tseng W. Beliefs and communication practices regarding cognitive functioning among consumers and primary care providers in the United States, 2009. Preventing chronic disease. 2013 Apr;10:E58.

Published In

Preventing chronic disease

DOI

EISSN

1545-1151

ISSN

1545-1151

Publication Date

April 2013

Volume

10

Start / End Page

E58

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Risk Factors
  • Primary Health Care
  • Physicians
  • Physician-Patient Relations
  • Patients
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Life Style