scholarly journals Occurrence and Co-Occurrence of Types of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use by Age, Gender, Ethnicity, and Education Among Adults in the United States: The 2002 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 363-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca H. Neiberg ◽  
Mikel Aickin ◽  
Joseph G. Grzywacz ◽  
Wei Lang ◽  
Sara A. Quandt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
National Health ◽  
National Health Interview Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Medicine Use ◽  
Health Interview Survey ◽  
Health Interview ◽  
Interview Survey

A Sociobehavioral Model of Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Providers, Products, and Practices: Findings From the 2007 National Health Interview Survey

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn M. Upchurch ◽  
Bethany K. Wexler Rainisch
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
National Health ◽  
National Health Interview Survey ◽  
Medicine Use ◽  
Health Interview Survey ◽  
Health Interview ◽  
Interview Survey ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

This study tested a modification of the Andersen behavioral model of health services use to assess the effects of predisposing factors, enabling resources, need, and personal health practices on the use of complementary and alternative medicine providers, products, and practices in the past 12 months. Data were from the 2007 National Health Interview Survey (n = 23 149 adults). Prevalence estimates and logistic regression results were weighted and adjusted for complex sample design. Overall, 16.6% used providers, 18.8% products, and 22.2% practices. There were significant associations in the expected directions between variables in each domain of the model and each type of complementary and alternative medicine use. There were also notable differences in patterns across types: for example, income was more strongly associated with use of providers. The findings support the potential usefulness of a modified health services approach to better understand differences in types of complementary and alternative medicine use.

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