ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2007
Are users of complementary and alternative medicine sicker than non-users?
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
- The influence of a series of five dry cupping treatments on pain and mechanical thresholds in patients with chronic non-specific neck pain--a randomised controlled pilot study.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2011Trial
- Meta-Analysis of Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Ligustrazine in the Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
- Room for improvement: complementary therapy users and the Australian health system.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2015Article
- Quality of life, perceptions of health and illness, and complementary therapy use among people with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2013Article
- Evidence for Clinical Use of Honey in Wound Healing as an Anti-bacterial, Anti-inflammatory Anti-oxidant and Anti-viral Agent: A Review.Jundishapur journal of natural pharmaceutical products · 2013Review
- Use and acceptance of complementary and alternative medicine among the general population and medical personnel: a systematic review.Ochsner journal · 2012Article
- Health care utilization among complementary and alternative medicine users in a large military cohort.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2011Article
- Effect of honey on peridural fibrosis formation after laminectomy in rats: a novel experimental study.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2011Article
- Diagnoses and visit length in complementary and mainstream medicine.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2010Article
- Medical honey for wound care--still the 'latest resort'?Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2009Article
- Quality of Life and Patterns of Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicines Among Glioma Patients.The journal of supportive oncologyArticle
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Abstract
Higher utilization of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), both in cross-sections and over time, is commonly related to better socioeconomic status and to increased dissatisfaction with conventional medicine and its values. Little is known about health differences between users and non-users of CAM. The objective of the paper is to explore the difference in health measured by the SF-36 instrument between users and non-users of CAM, and to estimate the relative importance of the SF-36 health domains scales to the likelihood of consulting CAM providers. Interviews were used to collect information from a sample of 2000 persons in 1993 and 2500 persons in 2000, representing the Israeli Jewish urban population aged 45-75 in those years. Bivariate and logistic regression analyses were used to explore the above associations. The results show that while users of CAM enjoy higher socioeconomic status and younger age, they tend to report worse health than non-users on the eight SF-36 health domains scales in both years. However, controlling for personal characteristics, lower scores on the bodily pain, role-emotional and vitality scales are related to greater likelihood of CAM use in 2000. In 1993, no scale had a significant adjusted association with the use of CAM. The conclusions are that CAM users tend to report worse health. With CAM becoming a mainstream, though somewhat luxurious, medical practice, pain and affective-emotional distress are the main drivers of CAM use.
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