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ARE GENERAL PRACTITIONERS MORE RELUCTANT TO GIVE ADVICE FOR EXERCISE TO OLDER WOMEN? A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY OF EUROPEAN ADULTS
K. Christopoulos
J Frailty Aging 2023;12(4)322-325
Despite the importance of physical exercise for older people, only a fraction of them receive advice to do so by primary care physicians. This study aims to examine whether gender disparities exist in primary care regarding General Practitioners’ (GPs’) advice for exercise in older European adults. A total of N=21,703 participants from 14 countries were employed from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe and analysed with the use of multivariate ordered logistic regressions. Being female reduced the odds of receiving advice from a primary care physician (OR=0.83; 95% CI: 0.78–0.88) irrespective of health, behavioural, demographic, and socioeconomic factors. In conclusion, older European women may have reduced odds of receiving advice for exercise because of their gender, which in turn may affect their frailty.
CITATION:
K. Christopoulos ; (2023): Are General Practitioners More Reluctant to Give Advice for Exercise to Older Women? A Cross-Sectional Survey of European Adults. The Journal of Frailty and Aging (JFA). http://dx.doi.org/10.14283/jfa.2023.40