Stressful life events and use of physician services among the elderly: the moderating role of pet ownership.
Stressful life events and use of physician services among the elderly: the moderating role of pet ownership.
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老年人的压力生活事件和使用医生服务：养宠物的调节作用。
DOI：
10.1037//0022-3514.58.6.1081
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发表时间：
1990
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Siegel,JM
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作者：
Siegel,JM
对938名医疗保险参保者在健康维护组织中的医生利用行为进行了为期1年的前瞻性随访。在控制了基线的人口统计学特征和健康状况的情况下，拥有宠物的受访者在1年内报告的医生接触次数少于没有宠物的受访者。此外，宠物似乎在主人有压力的时候帮助他们。基线前压力性生活事件的积累与没有宠物的受访者在研究期间与医生接触的增加有关。这种关系并没有出现在宠物主人身上。特别是狗的主人，缓冲了压力生活事件对医生利用率的影响。进一步的分析表明，与其他宠物的主人相比，狗的主人花更多的时间与他们的宠物在一起，并认为他们的宠物对他们更重要。因此，狗比其他宠物更能为主人提供陪伴和依恋的对象。
The physician utilization behavior of 938 Medicare enrollees in a health maintenance organization was prospectively followed for 1 year. With demographic characteristics and health status at baseline controlled for, respondents who owned pets reported fewer doctor contacts over the 1-year period than respondents who did not own pets. Furthermore, pets seemed to help their owners in times of stress. The accumulation of prebaseline stressful life events was associated with increased doctor contacts during the study year for respondents without pets. This relationship did not emerge for pet owners. Owners of dogs, in particular, were buffered from the impact of stressful life events on physician utilization. Additional analyses showed that dog owners in comparison to owners of other pets spent more time with their pets and felt that their pets were more important to them. Thus, dogs more than other pets provided their owners with companioship and an object of attachment.