Exploring associations between older adults' demographic characteristics and their perceptions of self-care actions for communicating with healthcare professionals in southern United States.
Huey-Ming TzengUdoka OkpalauwaekweCindy FengSandra Lynn JansenAnne BarkerChang-Yi YinPublished in: Nursing open (2019)
Regression findings showed that separated older adults felt less able to share ideas about their healthcare experiences compared to married older adults. Male older adults reported less desire to list issues to discuss and less desire to share ideas about their care experience with their healthcare professionals compared to their female counterparts.