University at Buffalo, NY, USA.
J Aging Health. 2020 Jun/Jul;32(5-6):441-452. doi: 10.1177/0898264319829979. Epub 2019 Feb 22.
This study examines how the patterns of life partner concordance on preventive health service uptake vary by a partner's previous behavioral history and between genders. This study uses 2008 and 2012 waves of Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a nationally representative sample of U.S. aging population, to examine one's decision to receive a preventive service as a function of the partner's decision changes over time ( = 2,680). Life partner concordance on preventive service use is different by the partner's previous use history and gender. Positive partner preventive engagement showed greater association than negative ones. Women are more responsive to the positive health behaviors (of their partners), and men are more sensitive to the negative partner health behaviors. The asymmetric partner concordance by gender and the partner's previous usage experience provide implications to develop efficient and culturally acceptable interventions to increase the uptake of preventive health services.
本研究考察了生活伴侣在预防保健服务利用率上的一致性模式如何因伴侣之前的行为史和性别而异。本研究使用了 2008 年和 2012 年美国老龄化人口的全国代表性样本健康与退休研究（HRS）的数据，来考察一个人接受预防服务的决定是否取决于伴侣的决定随着时间的推移而发生变化（n=2680）。生活伴侣在预防服务使用上的一致性因伴侣之前的使用历史和性别而异。积极的伴侣预防参与比消极的更有影响力。女性对伴侣的积极健康行为更为敏感，而男性对伴侣的消极健康行为更为敏感。性别和伴侣之前使用经验的不对称伴侣一致性为制定有效和文化上可接受的干预措施以提高预防保健服务的利用率提供了启示。
