老年人症状的日常补充和其他疗法的使用：研究设计和说明性结果。
Daily use of complementary and other therapies for symptoms among older adults: study design and illustrative results.
机构信息
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
出版信息
J Aging Health. 2011 Feb;23(1):52-69. doi: 10.1177/0898264310385115. Epub 2010 Oct 11.
OBJECTIVE
This article describes research designed to specify complementary therapies used among older adults by obtaining daily use data and the specific purposes for use.
DESIGN
Two hundred African American and White participants completed a baseline interview and up to six sets of three daily-diary interviews at monthly intervals.
RESULTS
Participants provided retrospective information on complementary therapy use and information on the use of therapies for specific symptoms experienced across 3,070 person days. Retrospective information indicated that most participants used complementary therapies (e.g., 85.0% used home remedies in the past year). The use of complementary or other therapies and the number of days the therapies were used varied for specific symptoms. For example, home remedies were used on 86 (9.1%) of the 944 person days for which joint pain was reported.
DISCUSSION
The daily-diary design provides detailed information for delineating how elders include complementary and other therapies in their health self-management.
目的
本文旨在通过获取日常使用数据和特定用途来描述老年人中使用的补充疗法的研究。
设计
200 名非裔美国人和白人参与者完成了基线访谈，并在每月间隔内完成了最多六组三次每日日记访谈。
结果
参与者提供了关于补充疗法使用的回顾性信息，以及关于在 3070 个人日中使用疗法治疗特定症状的信息。回顾性信息表明，大多数参与者使用了补充疗法（例如，过去一年中有 85.0%使用了家庭疗法）。特定症状的补充或其他疗法的使用以及使用的天数各不相同。例如，在报告关节疼痛的 944 个人日中，有 86 人（9.1%）使用了家庭疗法。
讨论
日记设计提供了详细信息，用于描述老年人如何将补充和其他疗法纳入他们的健康自我管理中。
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