Grzywacz Joseph G, Quandt Sara A, Neiberg Rebecca, Lang Wei, Bell Ronny A, Arcury Thomas A
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
Am J Health Behav. 2008 Nov-Dec;32(6):650-63. doi: 10.5555/ajhb.2008.32.6.650.
To determine if differences in conventional care among users and nonusers distinct CAM therapies varies by age and ethnicity.
The 2002 National Health Interview Survey data with a supplemental section on CAM use were analyzed.
The odds of reporting each level of conventional care were greater for CAM users than nonusers for each type of CAM. There is consistent evidence that associations between CAM and conventional care use differ by age but not ethnicity.
Individuals who use CAM are greater users of conventional care, although these associations hold primarily for young and middle-aged adults. Results suggest that, for most CAM users, these therapies are not being used in place of conventional health care.
确定使用和不使用特定补充替代医学（CAM）疗法的人群在常规护理方面的差异是否因年龄和种族而异。
分析了2002年美国国家健康访谈调查数据，该数据包含关于CAM使用情况的补充部分。
对于每种类型的CAM，CAM使用者报告各水平常规护理的几率均高于非使用者。有一致的证据表明，CAM与常规护理使用之间的关联因年龄而异，但不因种族而异。
使用CAM的个体也是常规护理的更大使用者，尽管这些关联主要适用于年轻人和中年人。结果表明，对于大多数CAM使用者来说，这些疗法并非用于替代常规医疗保健。
