老年人日常症状的自我管理：补充疗法、自我护理和医疗护理。
Older adults' self-management of daily symptoms: complementary therapies, self-care, and medical care.
机构信息
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1084, USA.
出版信息
J Aging Health. 2012 Jun;24(4):569-97. doi: 10.1177/0898264311428168. Epub 2011 Dec 20.
OBJECTIVES
To describe older adults' use of complementary therapies, self-care practices, and medical care to treat daily symptoms and to delineate gender, ethnic, age, and education differences.
METHOD
A total of 200 African American and White participants (age 65+) selected using a site-based procedure complete a baseline interview and up to six sets of three daily follow-up interviews at monthly intervals. The percent of older adults using a therapy and the frequency with which therapies are used are considered.
RESULTS
The use of complementary therapies to treat daily symptoms, though important, is substantially less than the use of self-care practices and medical care. Participants differed by age, ethnicity, and education in the use of therapies.
DISCUSSION
In considering the percentage of individuals who use a therapy and the frequency with which therapies are used, this analysis adds a new dimension to understanding how older adults manage daily symptoms. Older adults are selective in their use of health self-management.
目的
描述老年人使用补充疗法、自我保健实践以及医疗护理来治疗日常症状，并描述性别、种族、年龄和教育差异。
方法
总共 200 名使用基于地点的程序选择的非裔美国人和白人参与者（年龄在 65 岁以上）完成了基线访谈，并在每月间隔的六次三组每日随访访谈中完成了最多六次。考虑了老年人使用疗法的百分比以及使用疗法的频率。
结果
尽管补充疗法治疗日常症状很重要，但使用频率明显低于自我保健实践和医疗护理。参与者在使用疗法方面因年龄、种族和教育程度而异。
讨论
在考虑使用疗法的个体百分比和使用疗法的频率时，这一分析为了解老年人如何管理日常症状提供了一个新的维度。老年人在使用健康自我管理方面具有选择性。
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