The current study was a longitudinal study that assessed data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). I chose the HRS data because it includes participants that are over the age of 50 and their health status. Age is generally important to the current study because strokes typically occur in older age (Dries & Hussein, 2015). The HRS study began in 1992 and consisted of 12,652 participants that were eligible for interviews and had a response rate of 81.6% (Health and Retirement Study, 2015). This study surveyed individuals over five separate waves, with the last wave consisting of participants that were born between 1948 and 1953 (Health and Retirement Study, 2015).
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For the purposes of this paper, this study only focuses on the most recent wave, which was obtained in 2004 and follows individuals over an 8 year period. The 2004 …show more content…
The other independent variables include socio-demographic factors, and problems that result from having a stroke. I will be using Chi-square test to analyze the relationship between these categorical variables and the use of home care for participants with a history of stroke. The socio-demographic factors I looked at were age, gender, race (White, African American, Hispanic, or other), and income. I will conduct a statistical analysis using logistic regression to control for these socio-demographic variables, so that they do not affect the relationship between mortality and home care services.
The types of home care services could include: physical therapy, occupational therapy, oxygen therapists, and/or visits from nurses for any medical reason. Taken from the RxHOMCAR variables, the home care use is measured by the following question: In the past two years, has any medically trained person come to your home to help you, yourself? The participant could answer yes, no, or don’t
Sample
For the purposes of this paper, this study only focuses on the most recent wave, which was obtained in 2004 and follows individuals over an 8 year period. The 2004 …show more content…
The other independent variables include socio-demographic factors, and problems that result from having a stroke. I will be using Chi-square test to analyze the relationship between these categorical variables and the use of home care for participants with a history of stroke. The socio-demographic factors I looked at were age, gender, race (White, African American, Hispanic, or other), and income. I will conduct a statistical analysis using logistic regression to control for these socio-demographic variables, so that they do not affect the relationship between mortality and home care services.
The types of home care services could include: physical therapy, occupational therapy, oxygen therapists, and/or visits from nurses for any medical reason. Taken from the RxHOMCAR variables, the home care use is measured by the following question: In the past two years, has any medically trained person come to your home to help you, yourself? The participant could answer yes, no, or don’t