Evans Marion Willard, Ndetan Harrison, Ka Sekhon Vishaldeep, Williams Ronald, Oliver Brittney, Perko Michael, Woolsey Conrad, Singh Karan P
Altern Ther Health Med. 2018 Jan;24(1):30-37.
Context • In the United States in 2007, approximately 38% of adults, or 4 in 10, used some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). An area in which little is known is the personal integration of CAM therapies by those individuals seeking to improve athletic performance. Objectives • The study intended to assess the use of integrative care by adult athletes in the United States as well as their satisfaction with it, as reported in the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Design • A secondary analysis of the data from the Adult Alternative Health/Complementary Medicine file of the 2012 NHIS was performed.
The analysis was performed at the Research Institute of Parker University (Dallas, TX, USA). Participants • The NHIS survey was a representative sample of Americans, with more than 30 000 respondents. Outcome Measures • National population estimates were generated for all related variables. The study assessed the likelihood that a respondent who reported use of a specific complementary and integrative therapy as their first top therapeutic modality to enhance sport or athletic performance had perceived it helpful compared with those who used it for other non-sport-related reasons. Results • Complementary and integrative therapies were used by more than 14 million adults (20.5%) to improve athletic performance, with 97.6% of them perceiving therapies as helpful. The most used therapies were yoga, herbal supplements, manipulation, and massage. The median age of those reporting specific use to improve athletic performance was slightly less than 38 y, and women were almost 3 times as likely as men to report therapies as helpful. Conclusions • Complementary and integrative therapies were used for improvement of athletic performance by respondents of the 2012 NHIS, with high satisfaction among users. Future research could evaluate athletic-specific use, adverse effects, physiological mechanisms that may exist for the modalities, and ways to integrate these methods better with traditional medical care.
背景 • 2007年在美国，约38%的成年人，即十分之四，使用了某种形式的补充和替代医学（CAM）。一个鲜为人知的领域是那些试图提高运动成绩的人对CAM疗法的个人整合情况。目的 • 本研究旨在评估美国成年运动员对综合护理的使用情况以及他们对其的满意度，数据来自2012年国家健康访谈调查（NHIS）。设计 • 对2012年NHIS的成人替代健康/补充医学文件中的数据进行了二次分析。
分析在美国帕克大学（达拉斯，德克萨斯州，美国）的研究所进行。参与者 • NHIS调查是美国的一个代表性样本，有超过30000名受访者。结果指标 • 生成了所有相关变量的全国人口估计数。该研究评估了与那些因其他非运动相关原因使用特定补充和综合疗法的受访者相比，将其作为提高运动或竞技表现的首要治疗方式的受访者认为其有帮助的可能性。结果 • 超过1400万成年人（20.5%）使用补充和综合疗法来提高运动成绩，其中97.6%的人认为这些疗法有帮助。最常用的疗法是瑜伽、草药补充剂、手法治疗和按摩。报告因特定用途提高运动成绩的人的中位年龄略小于38岁，女性报告疗法有帮助的可能性几乎是男性的3倍。结论 • 2012年NHIS的受访者使用补充和综合疗法来提高运动成绩，使用者满意度较高。未来的研究可以评估针对运动的使用情况、不良反应、这些疗法可能存在的生理机制，以及将这些方法更好地与传统医疗护理相结合的方式。
