An investigation of the health beliefs and motivations of complementary medicine clients

Sirois, Fuschia M.; Gick, Mary L.

doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(01)00229-5

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“…Participants completed the Brief Health History questionnaire 24 to assess the experience of 13 acute and 16 chronic self-reported health problems within the past six months. The total number of acute and the total number of chronic problems experienced for each individual were summed.…”

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“…24 Participants indicated if they had ever tried any of the CAM listed which included chiropractic, homeopathy/naturopathy, acupuncture, massage therapy, reflexology, and other, with space to specify other therapies tried. They also indicated how many times they had tried CAM (if any) in the past year and how long they had been using CAM (under 6 months, under 1 year, 1 to 2 years, 3 to 5 years, or over 5 years).…”

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“…Several studies indicate that CAM use may be motivated by dissatisfaction with a variety of conventional care dimensions, 23 and dissatisfaction with conventional care in general. [24][25] Although dissatisfaction has been implicated in motivating CAM use, the weight of the current evidence suggests that it may be most important for understanding initial CAM use. 24-26-27 Research on how dissatisfaction with access to primary health-care may influence CAM use is, however, scant.…”

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When one door closes, another door opens: Physician availability and motivations to consult complementary and alternative medicine providers

Sirois

Purc-Stephenson

2008

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

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When one door closes, another door opens: Physician availability and motivations to consult complementary and alternative medicine providers

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Purc-Stephenson

2008

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

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“…(Schoenberg and Drew 2002) Finally, individuals with chronic disease, particularly those with co-morbidities, are more likely to engage unconventional healers (herbalists, spiritualists) and self-care than those without chronic disease. (Sirois and Gick 2002) …”

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Diabetes Self-care among a Multiethnic Sample of Older Adults

Schoenberg

Traywick²,

Jacobs-Lawson

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J Cross Cult Gerontol

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Type 2 diabetes constitutes a leading and increasing cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults, particularly African Americans, Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and rural dwellers. To understand diabetes self-care, an essential determinant of diabetic and overall health outcomes, 80 middle aged and older adults from these four disproportionately affected racial/ ethnic/residential groups engaged in in-depth interviews, focusing on approaches to and explanations for diabetes self-care. Certain self-care activities (medication-taking, diet, foot care) were performed regularly while others (blood glucose monitoring, exercise) were practiced less frequently. Despite research suggestions to the contrary, only one in four elders used unconventional diabetes therapies, and only one-third listed someone other than a health care provider as a primary information source. Few self-care differences emerged according to race/ ethnicity/residence, perhaps because of the influential and common circumstance of low income. Thematic analyses suggest that inadequate resources, perceived efficacy of medication, great respect for biomedical authority, and lack of familiarity with and concerns about unconventional therapies are influential in establishing these patterns of self-care. We discuss the similarity of self-care practices and perspectives irrespective of race/ethnicity/residence and the predominance of biomedical acceptability.

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“…A different body of research indicates that dissatisfaction with care may predict increased use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) (Correa-Velez et al, 2003;Montazeri et al, 2007;Sirois and Gick, 2002). Vincent and Furnham (1996) describe such reasons for using CAM, as 'push factors', referring to factors driving patients away from biomedical health care.…”

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Push or pull? Relationships between lung cancer patients’ perceptions of quality of care and use of complementary and alternative medicine

Lövgren

Wilde‐Larsson

Hök

et al. 2011

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

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An investigation of the health beliefs and motivations of complementary medicine clients

Cited by 225 publications

References 48 publications

When one door closes, another door opens: Physician availability and motivations to consult complementary and alternative medicine providers

When one door closes, another door opens: Physician availability and motivations to consult complementary and alternative medicine providers

Diabetes Self-care among a Multiethnic Sample of Older Adults

Push or pull? Relationships between lung cancer patients’ perceptions of quality of care and use of complementary and alternative medicine

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