BACKGROUND: Care for falls and @entity322 ( @entity322 ) among older @entity1 is inadequate. One possible explanation is that physicians provide less recommended care to @entity1 who are not as concerned about their falls and @entity322 . OBJECTIVE: To test whether @entity1 -reported severity for 2 geriatric conditions, falls, and @entity322 , is associated with quality of care. RESEARCH DESIGN: Prospective cohort study of elders with falls and/or fear of falling (n = 384) and @entity322 (n = 163). SUBJECTS: @entity1 in the Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders-2 Study (2002-2003), which evaluated an intervention to improve the care for falls and @entity322 among older (age, >=  75) ambulatory care @entity1 with falls/fear of falling or @entity322 . MEASURES: Falls Efficacy Scale (FES) and the @entity322 Quality of Life surveys measured at baseline, quality of care measured by a 13-month medical record abstraction. RESULTS: There was a small difference in falls quality scores across the range of FES, with greater @entity1 -perceived falls severity associated with better odds of passing falls quality indicators (OR: 1.11 [95% CI: 1.02-1.21] per 10-point increment in FES). Greater @entity1 -perceived @entity322 severity ( @entity322 Quality of Life score) was not associated with better quality of @entity322 care. CONCLUSIONS: Although older @entity1 with greater @entity1 -perceived falls severity receive modestly better quality of care, those with more distressing incontinence do not. For both conditions, however, even the most symptomatic @entity1 received less than half of recommended care. Low @entity1 -perceived severity of condition is not the basis of poor care for falls and @entity322 .

Is XXXX -perceived severity of a geriatric condition related to better quality of care?

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'Participants', 'persons'] @entity322 :: ('MESH:D014549', 'Disease') :: ['urinary incontinence', 'UI', 'Incontinence']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['patient']
