Verhoef M J, Sutherland L R, Brkich L
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Alta.
CMAJ. 1990 Jan 15;142(2):121-5.
We carried out a study to determine the proportion of patients attending a university-based gastroenterology outpatient clinic who sought alternative medical care for the same health problem that had prompted them to see a gastroenterologist. After the patients completed a self-administered questionnaire, the gastroenterologist gave a diagnosis and assigned a functional rating. Of the 395 patients 287 (73%) had not used alternative medicine, and 36 (9%) had sought alternative medical care for the problem that had prompted them to see a gastroenterologist. There were no significant differences between alternative medicine users and nonusers in sociodemographic characteristics, use of health care services or general health status. Patients with a functional disease were more likely to seek alternative medical care than those with organic disease (33% v. 7%) (p less than 0.0001). Fewer alternative medicine users (54%) than nonusers (85%) were satisfied with conventional medicine (p less than 0.001), and more alternative medicine users (49%) than nonusers (13%) were very sceptical of conventional medicine (p less than 0.0001).
我们开展了一项研究，以确定在大学附属医院胃肠病门诊就诊的患者中，因促使他们前来就诊的相同健康问题而寻求替代医疗服务的患者比例。患者完成一份自填式问卷后，胃肠病医生做出诊断并给出功能评级。在395名患者中，287名（73%）未使用替代医学，36名（9%）因促使他们前来就诊的问题而寻求过替代医疗服务。替代医学使用者和非使用者在社会人口学特征、医疗服务使用情况或总体健康状况方面无显著差异。功能性疾病患者比器质性疾病患者更有可能寻求替代医疗服务（33%对7%）（p<0.0001）。对传统医学满意的替代医学使用者（54%）少于非使用者（85%）（p<0.001），对传统医学非常怀疑的替代医学使用者（49%）多于非使用者（13%）（p<0.0001）。
