TY - JOUR
T1 - Personal use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by U.S. health care workers
AU - Johnson, Pamela Jo
AU - Ward, Andrew
AU - Knutson, Lori
AU - Sendelbach, Sue
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - Objective To examine personal use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among U.S. health care workers. Data Data are from the 2007 Alternative Health Supplement of the National Health Interview Survey. We examined a nationally representative sample of employed adults (n = 14,329), including a subsample employed in hospitals or ambulatory care settings (n = 1,280). Study Design We used multivariate logistic regression to estimate the odds of past year CAM use. Principal Findings Health care workers are more likely than the general population to use CAM. Among health care workers, health care providers are more likely to use CAM than other occupations. Conclusions Personal CAM use by health care workers may influence the integration of CAM with conventional health care delivery. Future research on the effects of personal CAM use by health care workers is therefore warranted.
AB - Objective To examine personal use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among U.S. health care workers. Data Data are from the 2007 Alternative Health Supplement of the National Health Interview Survey. We examined a nationally representative sample of employed adults (n = 14,329), including a subsample employed in hospitals or ambulatory care settings (n = 1,280). Study Design We used multivariate logistic regression to estimate the odds of past year CAM use. Principal Findings Health care workers are more likely than the general population to use CAM. Among health care workers, health care providers are more likely to use CAM than other occupations. Conclusions Personal CAM use by health care workers may influence the integration of CAM with conventional health care delivery. Future research on the effects of personal CAM use by health care workers is therefore warranted.
KW - Complementary and alternative medicine
KW - National Health Interview Survey
KW - health care workforce
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01304.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01304.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 22092295
AN - SCOPUS:84855838612
SN - 0017-9124
VL - 47
SP - 211
EP - 227
JO - Health services research
JF - Health services research
IS - 1 PART 1
ER -