Utilization of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Multiethnic Population: The Malaysian Cohort Study:

Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine

NoraidatulakmaAbdullah¹ 

关键词: complementary;    alternative medicine;    Asian population;    diabetes;    hypertension;    hypercholesterolemia;    cancer;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2515690X18765945

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Background.This study aimed to identify the factors of CAM usage for general health and to determine the factors associated with the usage of different types of CAM after the diagnosis of chronic diseases among The Malaysian Cohort participants.Methods.This was a cross-sectional study derived from The Malaysian Cohort (TMC) project, a prospective population-based cohort aged between 35 to 65 years old that recruited from April 2006 to September 2012. Association between the CAM usage and contributing factors were determined via logistic regression.Results.The sample were mostly female (58.1%), Malays (43.1%), came from urban (71.9%), aged 44 years and below (26.8%) and had secondary education (45.9%). The prevalence of CAM usage varied across diseases; 62.8% in cancer patients, 53.3% in hypercholesterolemia, 49.4% in hypertensives and 48.6% in diabetics. General CAM usage was greater among female (OR: 1.54, 95% CI: 1.49, 1.59), Chinese (OR: 1.15, 95% CI: 1.12, 1.19), those with higher education (OR: 3.12,...

【 授权许可】

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