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The Effect of Individuals' Perception of Aging on Healthcare Use

Summary/Abstract: As a result of the developments in the science and technology of Western countries in the modern world, social changes have occurred and human life has been prolonged. The consequences of modernization such as urbanization, migration, the active role of women in business life and the transition to the nuclear family structure have caused changes in the perception of old age. In this study, individuals' perception of aging and healthcare use and the effect between them were examined. In the study, a questionnaire was applied to a sample group of 500 people. The European Aging Attitude Scale (AAQ), adapted to Turkish by Eser and others, was used to measure the perception of aging. Individuals old age; more family physicians and clinical services are used as it is perceived as a period of losses. As a result, the participants; As he perceived old age as a time when certain abilities were lost, he used more polyclinics, family physicians and clinical health services. In addition, as the participants perceived old age as an experience and an example, they applied less to the private physician.

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