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Conference Paper: Complementary and alternative medicine use by older Australians
Title | Complementary and alternative medicine use by older Australians |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Older Australians Population-based survey CAM use Complementary and alternative medicine |
Issue Date | 2007 |
Citation | Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2007, v. 1114, p. 204-215 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use by Australians is substantial and increasing, but little is known about its use by the elderly. We here present the findings for the elderly cohort in our recently conducted national survey on CAM use by adult Australians. In May and June 2005, computer-assisted telephone interviews, using random-digit telephone dialing, were employed to gather data on CAM use in the last 12 months. Of 1067 adult participants interviewed, 178 were 65 or older. More than half of these (57.8%; 95% CI, 50.7%-64.9%) had used at least one of 17 common forms of CAM and 60.4% of the CAM users had consulted CAM practitioners. Clinical nutrition, chiropractic, massage therapy, meditation, and herbal medicine were the most common forms of CAM used by the elderly. A higher proportion of the elderly had always used both CAM and conventional medical treatments (37.9%) than had those aged 18-34 (15.7%) and 35-64 (26.9%). Elderly CAM users (60.2%) were more likely than younger users to discuss their use with their doctors. Of those who did not do so, 24.1% were not asked by their doctors and 16.0% considered that their doctor would disapprove. In conclusion, we found that a substantial proportion of older Australians use CAM. The elderly are also more likely than younger adults to discuss their use of CAM with their doctors, but doctors need to play a more active role in initiating such communication. © 2007 New York Academy of Sciences. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/269812 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.1 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.416 |
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dc.contributor.author | Zhang, Anthony L. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Xue, Charlie C.L. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lin, Vivian | - |
dc.contributor.author | Story, David F. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-06T01:38:59Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-05-06T01:38:59Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2007, v. 1114, p. 204-215 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0077-8923 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/269812 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use by Australians is substantial and increasing, but little is known about its use by the elderly. We here present the findings for the elderly cohort in our recently conducted national survey on CAM use by adult Australians. In May and June 2005, computer-assisted telephone interviews, using random-digit telephone dialing, were employed to gather data on CAM use in the last 12 months. Of 1067 adult participants interviewed, 178 were 65 or older. More than half of these (57.8%; 95% CI, 50.7%-64.9%) had used at least one of 17 common forms of CAM and 60.4% of the CAM users had consulted CAM practitioners. Clinical nutrition, chiropractic, massage therapy, meditation, and herbal medicine were the most common forms of CAM used by the elderly. A higher proportion of the elderly had always used both CAM and conventional medical treatments (37.9%) than had those aged 18-34 (15.7%) and 35-64 (26.9%). Elderly CAM users (60.2%) were more likely than younger users to discuss their use with their doctors. Of those who did not do so, 24.1% were not asked by their doctors and 16.0% considered that their doctor would disapprove. In conclusion, we found that a substantial proportion of older Australians use CAM. The elderly are also more likely than younger adults to discuss their use of CAM with their doctors, but doctors need to play a more active role in initiating such communication. © 2007 New York Academy of Sciences. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences | - |
dc.subject | Older Australians | - |
dc.subject | Population-based survey | - |
dc.subject | CAM use | - |
dc.subject | Complementary and alternative medicine | - |
dc.title | Complementary and alternative medicine use by older Australians | - |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1196/annals.1396.032 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 17986583 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-35948978141 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 1114 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 204 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 215 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1749-6632 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000251775900023 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0077-8923 | - |