Perceived Need for Mental Health Care and Associated Factors and Outcomes in Older Adults Consulting in Primary Care.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the individual and health system factors and health-related outcomes associated with perceived need for mental health care in older adults consulting in primary care.

Method

This longitudinal cohort study was conducted among 771 cognitively intact older adults aged ≥65 years recruited in primary care practices in Quebec between 2011 and 2013 and followed 4 years later. Predisposing, enabling and need factors were based on Andersen's framework on help-seeking behaviors. Health-related outcomes included course of common mental disorders (CMDs), change in quality of life and societal costs. Perceived need for care (PNC) was categorized as no need, met and unmet need. Multinomial regression analyses were conducted to assess the association between study varia

SUBMITTER: Lamoureux-Lamarche C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9234897 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature