Ong Chi-Keong, Petersen Sophie, Bodeker Gerard C, Stewart-Brown Sarah
Health Services Research Unit, Department of Public Health, Mansfield College, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TF, England, UK.
Am J Public Health. 2002 Oct;92(10):1653-6. doi: 10.2105/ajph.92.10.1653.
This study was undertaken to establish the health status of users of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) services in England.
A postal questionnaire (response rate: 64%) covering long-standing illness, use of conventional medical and CAM services, and the United Kingdom Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) was sent to more than 14 000 adults in 4 counties.
Sixty percent of CAM users reported having a chronic illness or disability; back pain and bowel problems were the conditions most commonly reported. Regardless of whether chronic illness was reported, CAM users reported poorer health than nonusers, particularly in the dimensions of pain and physical disability, and made more visits to general practitioners.
In England, users of CAM services have poorer physical health than nonusers and make more frequent use of conventional medical services.
本研究旨在确定英格兰补充和替代医学(CAM)服务使用者的健康状况。
向4个县的14000多名成年人发送了一份涵盖长期疾病、常规医疗和补充替代医学服务使用情况以及英国医学结果研究36项简短健康调查(SF-36)的邮政调查问卷(回复率:64%)。
60%的补充替代医学使用者报告患有慢性病或残疾;背痛和肠道问题是最常报告的病症。无论是否报告患有慢性病,补充替代医学使用者报告的健康状况都比非使用者差,尤其是在疼痛和身体残疾方面,并且看全科医生的次数更多。
在英格兰,补充替代医学服务使用者的身体健康状况比非使用者差,并且更频繁地使用常规医疗服务。