Complementary medicine use among attendees at a rural health screening clinic |
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| Authors: | Jenny M. Wilkinson Herbert Jelinek |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China;2. Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Research, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China;3. Department of Anaesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China;4. Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;5. Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Medical Animal Model Research, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China;6. Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Peony People''s Hospital of Heze City (The Central Hospital of Heze City), Heze City, Shandong Province, People''s Republic of China;2. Department of Spinal Surgery, Heze Municipal Hospital, Heze City, Shandong Province, People''s Republic of China;3. Department of Nuclear Medicine, 960 Hospital of PLA (The General Hospital of Jinan Command), No. 25, Shifan Road, Jinan City, Shandong Province 250031, People''s Republic of China |
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| Abstract: | The objective of this study was to investigate the use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) in a group of older rural Australian attending a multi-disciplinary health screening clinic. The average age of all participants (n = 102) was 66 ± 10 years (range 49–89) and 61% were female. Three-quarters (78%) of respondents had used at least one CAM product within the past 12 months and 66% had visited a CAM practitioner. The most frequently used CAM were vitamin/mineral supplements (54%) followed by herbal supplements (28%). Among products named by respondents that they were currently using the most frequently cited were omega-3/fish oils (28%) and glucosamine (24%). The main source of information for most respondents (53%) was doctors and pharmacists followed by family and friends (28%). Almost half (46%) had not discussed their use of CAM with their doctor and only 15% had discussed their CAM use with a pharmacist. Respondents were not found to hold strongly pro-CAM or anti-CAM health beliefs. This study demonstrates that while older, rural Australians do not have significant pro-CAM beliefs they do have high use of CAM. Based on the types of products used it is suggested that CAM use forms part of these individuals’ self-management strategies. |
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