ArticleJournal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)2010
Effects of complementary therapy on health in a national U.S. sample of older adults.
Article in Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Longitudinal Analysis of Complementary Health Approaches in Adults Aged 25-74 Years from the Midlife in the U.S. Survey Sample.Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2021Article
- Private religion/spirituality, self-rated health, and mental health among US South Asians.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Relational spirituality and quality of life 2007 to 2017: an integrative research review.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2018Review
- Mindfulness-based stress reduction for older adults with worry symptoms and co-occurring cognitive dysfunction.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2014Article
- Relationship between nonprescribed therapy use for illness prevention and health promotion and health-related quality of life.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2014Article
- Association between Disease-Specific Quality of Life and Complementary Medicine Use in Patients with Rhinitis in Taiwan: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2014Article
- A lifespan view of anxiety disorders.Dialogues in clinical neuroscience · 2011Review
- Use of complementary therapies by individuals with or at risk for cardiovascular disease: results of the 2007 National Health Interview Survey.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingArticle
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Abstract
objectivesThe study objectives were to identify types of complementary therapy that are most predictive of health outcomes, including functional status, physical health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and mental HRQoL among older adults.
designThis was a prospective study. SETTINGS/LOCATION: The study comprised computer-assisted interviews conducted in participants' homes. SUBJECTS: Subjects included 1683 adults aged 55 and older who participated in the 2002 National Health Interview Survey and the 2003 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.
interventionNone. OUTCOME MEASURES: Functional status, physical HRQoL, and mental HRQoL at 1-year follow-up.
resultsThe use of biologically based therapies predicted better functional status, such that users reported less functional impairment than nonusers (p < 0.01), adjusting for age, gender, race/ethnicity, education, health insurance, household income, and comorbid conditions. Users of manipulative and body-based methods reported less functional impairment (p < 0.05). They also reported better physical and mental health-related quality of life, though these relationships were marginally significant. Other groups of therapies, alternative medical systems, mind-body therapies, and prayer were not predictive of either functional status or HRQoL.
conclusionsFavorable effects were observed among users of biologically based therapies and users of manipulative and body-based methods. Other types of complementary therapy had no effects on health status over a 1-year follow-up period.
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