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Why do diabetic patients use complementary and alternative medicine?

The bulletin of the Yamaguchi Medical School Volume 54 Issue 3-4 Page 37-46
published_at 2007
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Title
Why do diabetic patients use complementary and alternative medicine?
Creators Okita Kazuhiko
Creators Date Junko
Creators Tanida Noritoshi
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type 2 diabetes mellitus complementary and alternative medicine conventional medicine predictors psychosocial factors
The purpose of this study was to investigate the trends for complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use by diabetic patients and to identify the characteristics of these patients. The subjects included 800 type 2 diabetic outpatients from four hospitals and two clinics. A written questionnaire was conducted, and the valid response rate was 39.6%. Approximately 30% of the patients used CAM at the present or in the past. The most commonly used CAM was health food/drinks and the major aims for using CAM were to lower the blood glucose level and to maintain/improve general health condition. The following psychosocial predictors were identified by a stepwise logistic regression analysis: 1) gender (female) (odds ratio = OR 2.37
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医学 ( Other)
Languages eng
Resource Type departmental bulletin paper
Publishers Yamaguchi University School of Medicine
Date Issued 2007
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Access Rights open access
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