An Exploration of College Students’ Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use

Autor:	Ches Wynn Gillan DrPH, Ches Janie Kelly Ma, Mary Martin Nordness Ma, Rd, Ldn, Ches, Ches Ralph J. Wood PhD, Ches Linda Synovitz Rn
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Demographics business.industry education Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Alternative medicine Disease Locus of control Nursing Family medicine Spirituality medicine Personal health business Spiritual Health
Zdroj:	American Journal of Health Education. 37:87-96
ISSN:	2168-3751 1932-5037
DOI:	10.1080/19325037.2006.10598884
Popis:	Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies are varied. The purposes of this study were the following: (a) to identify CAM therapies students kfow about and have used; (b) to investigate how college students view alternative practitioners (APs) and medical doctors (MDs) based on opinion about patient/client interaction; (c) to assess relationship of CAM use to selected demographics, being a member of an athletic team, and selected personal health behaviors; (d) to assess relationship of CAM use to health locus of control and spirituality/spiritual health; and (e) to identify predictors of CAM use. Participants included 997 students (males = 304; females = 693) attending a southern university. CAM use differed by age, being a member of an athletic team, and year in school. Participants viewed APs as more sympathetic, having more time to listen, more sensitive to emotional issues, and better at explaining treatments. They viewed MDs as having more knowledge of disease and better at expla...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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