| Usage of alternative medical systems, acupuncture, homeopathy and anthroposophic medicine, by older German adults. | |
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PMID: 21849145 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Objective:The manifold studies on the usage of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) indicate that its utilization differs with respect to socio-cultural background, gender, age and underlying disease. This study intended to analyze the usage of specific CAM practices among a population of older German adults with health insurance coverage. Methods: Data of 5 830 older individuals who participated in an anonymous cross sectional survey among German insurance beneficiaries were analyzed with respect to usage of CAM treatments applied by medical doctors or non-medical practitioners within the last 5 years. Results: The most frequently used approaches were acupuncture/traditional Chinese medicine (21%), homeopathy (21%), movement therapies/physical exercises (19%), osteopathy/chiropractic (12%), herbs/phytotherapy (7%), diets/specific food recommendations (6%) and foot reflexology (5%). Anthroposophic medicine was used only to a minor degree. Acupuncture and homeopathy users were likely to choose more than one CAM treatment simultaneously, particularly the combination of homeopathy and acupuncture. Moreover, this study can confirm significant differences between women and men in the use of the main relevant CAM interventions. Conclusion:The relative proportion of acupuncture usage was similar to homeopathy, which is an alternative whole medical system originating from Western Europe. This means that an Eastern alternative system is established also in Germany. In several cases not only one CAM treatment was used but distinct combinations existed (particularly homeopathy and acupuncture); thus one should be cautious to draw predictive conclusions from studies with broad and unspecific CAM categories, for among them there are several therapies which should not be regarded as CAM. |
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Arndt Büssing; Thomas Ostermann; Peter Heusser; Peter F Matthiessen |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Zhong xi yi jie he xue bao = Journal of Chinese integrative medicine Volume: 9 ISSN: 1672-1977 ISO Abbreviation: Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Xue Bao Publication Date: 2011 Aug |
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Created Date: 2011-08-18 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101199657 Medline TA: Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Xue Bao Country: China |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 847-56 Citation Subset: IM |
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Quality of Life, Spirituality and Coping, Center for Integrative Medicine, Faculty of Health, University of Witten/Herdecke, Gerhard-Kienle-Weg 4, 58313 Herdecke, Germany; E-mail: arndt.buessing@uni-wh.de. |
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