Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1084, USA.
J Aging Health. 2012 Jun;24(4):569-97. doi: 10.1177/0898264311428168. Epub 2011 Dec 20.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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。
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。
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。
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。
