A Cross-Sectional Study to Examine Factors Associated with Primary Health Care Service Utilization among Older Adults in the Irbid Governorate of Jordan

Table 2

Factors associated with primary health care services utilization of older adults in the past 1, 6, and 12 months.

Variable	Utilization; 1 month	Utilization; 6 months	Utilization; 12 months
Predisposing variables
Age	0.134	0.229^**	0.205^**
Gender	−0.093	−0.105	−0.100
Marital status	0.129	0.069	0.017
Education level	−0.220^**	−0.200^**	−0.240^**
Employment status	0.158	0.178^*	0.218^**
Tobacco use	−0.162^*	−0.166^*	−0.145^*
Enabling variables
Health insurance	0.087	0.056	0.002
Income	−0.135	−0.073	−0.111
Need variables
Chronic illnesses	0.453^**	0.663^**	0.650^**
Cognitive impairment	−0.030	0.058	0.034
Perceived general health status today	−0.272^**	−0.355^**	−0.373^**
Perceived general health status in last 1 month:
PCS score	−0.377^**	—	—
MCS score	−0.106
Perceived general health status in last 6 months	—	−0.409^**	—
Perceived general health status in the last 12 months	—	—	−0.306^**

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
^**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).