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Melinda M Davis¹, Lynne A Bond, Alan Howard

¹Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Rural Practice-Based Research Network, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239-3098, USA. davismel@ohsu.edu

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Clinicians' expectations regarding aging (ERA) impact patient care and expectations. Female clinicians and those newer to practice had higher ERA scores, linked to preventive care importance.

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Health Psychology

Background:

Expectations Regarding Aging (ERA) influence health behaviors and resource use in older adults.
Clinician ERA may affect patient ERA and care delivery, but this is under-researched.

Purpose of the Study:

Assess ERA in US primary care clinicians using the ERA-12 survey.
Identify clinician characteristics associated with ERA-12 scores.

Main Methods:

Cross-sectional survey of 357 primary care clinicians (88% physicians) from 5 US practice-based research networks.
Data collected October 2008–June 2009; response rate 24.8%.

Main Results:

Higher ERA-12 scores were reported by female clinicians and those with fewer years in practice.
Higher ERA scores correlated with valuing and feeling skilled in preventive counseling and services.

Conclusions:

Clinician ERA may influence patient care quality and patient ERA.
Further research on the origins and impact of clinician ERA is needed.
Medical education should foster positive clinician attitudes toward successful aging.