Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Older Adults: An Exploratory Study Export

@article{citeulike:5946483, abstract = {Determinants of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use and characteristics of users are examined using a sample of 848 adults aged 50 and older from the 2000 Health and Retirement Survey. Logistic regression is used to identify the factors associated with the likelihood of using CAM. Nearly 70\% of the respondents use at least one CAM modality, with 44\% reporting use of curative CAM and 58\% reporting use of preventive/curative CAM. Whites, relative to Blacks, were more likely to use curative and less likely to use preventive/curative CAM. Widowed older adults were more likely to use preventive/curative CAM. Number of limitations in activities of daily living was positively associated with use of both types of CAM. Recommendations are made for improving research on alternative health care utilization, for educating CAM users, and for qualitative studies to gain further insight into factors affecting the use of specific CAM modalities. 10.1177/1533210106288823}, author = {Montalto, Catherine P. and Bhargava, Vibha and Hong, Gong S.}, citeulike-article-id = {5946483}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1533210106288823}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://chp.sagepub.com/content/11/1/27.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://chp.sagepub.com/content/11/1/27.full.pdf}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1533210106288823}, journal = {Complementary Health Practice Review}, keywords = {exploratory, study}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {27--46}, posted-at = {2009-10-15 22:24:07}, priority = {2}, title = {Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Older Adults: An Exploratory Study}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1533210106288823}, volume = {11}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5946483 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5946483 N2 - Determinants of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use and characteristics of users are examined using a sample of 848 adults aged 50 and older from the 2000 Health and Retirement Survey. Logistic regression is used to identify the factors associated with the likelihood of using CAM. Nearly 70% of the respondents use at least one CAM modality, with 44% reporting use of curative CAM and 58% reporting use of preventive/curative CAM. Whites, relative to Blacks, were more likely to use curative and less likely to use preventive/curative CAM. Widowed older adults were more likely to use preventive/curative CAM. Number of limitations in activities of daily living was positively associated with use of both types of CAM. Recommendations are made for improving research on alternative health care utilization, for educating CAM users, and for qualitative studies to gain further insight into factors affecting the use of specific CAM modalities. 10.1177/1533210106288823 IS - 1 JF - Complementary Health Practice Review EP - 46 TI - Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Older Adults: An Exploratory Study VL - 11 SP - 27 KW - exploratory KW - study AU - Montalto, Catherine AU - Bhargava, Vibha AU - Hong, Gong PY - 2006/01/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1533210106288823 ER -