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dc.contributor.author | MacLennan, A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Myers, S. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Taylor, A. | - |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Medical Journal of Australia, 2006; 184(1):27-31 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0025-729X | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1326-5377 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/23151 | - |
dc.description | The document attached has been archived with permission from the editor of the Medical Journal of Australia. An external link to the publisher’s copy is included. | - |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To survey the use, cost, beliefs and quality of life of users of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Design: A representative population survey conducted in 2004 with longitudinal comparison to similar 1993 and 2000 surveys. Participants: 3015 South Australian respondents over the age of 15 years (71.7% participation). Results: In 2004, CAMs were used by 52.2% of the population. Greatest use was in women aged 25–34 years, with higher income and education levels. CAM therapists had been visited by 26.5% of the population. In those with children, 29.9% administered CAMs to them and 17.5% of the children had visited CAM therapists. The total extrapolated cost in Australia of CAMs and CAM therapists in 2004 was AUD$1.8 billion, which was a decrease from AUD$2.3 billion in 2000. CAMs were used mostly to maintain general health. The users of CAM had lower quality-of-life scores than non-users. Among CAM users, 49.7% used conventional medicines on the same day and 57.2% did not report the use of CAMs to their doctor. About half of the respondents assumed that CAMs were independently tested by a government agency; of these, 74.8% believed they were tested for quality and safety, 21.8% for what they claimed, and 17.9% for efficacy. Conclusions: Australians continue to use high levels of CAMs and CAM therapists. The public is often unaware that CAMs are not tested by the Therapeutic Goods Administration for efficacy or safety. | - |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Alastair H MacLennan, Stephen P Myers and Anne W Taylor | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | Australasian Med Publ Co Ltd | - |
dc.source.uri | http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/184_01_020106/mac10324_fm.html | - |
dc.subject | Humans | - |
dc.subject | Complementary Therapies | - |
dc.subject | Health Care Surveys | - |
dc.subject | Longitudinal Studies | - |
dc.subject | Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice | - |
dc.subject | Quality of Life | - |
dc.subject | Socioeconomic Factors | - |
dc.subject | Adolescent | - |
dc.subject | Adult | - |
dc.subject | Aged | - |
dc.subject | Middle Aged | - |
dc.subject | Health Expenditures | - |
dc.subject | South Australia | - |
dc.subject | Female | - |
dc.subject | Male | - |
dc.title | The continuing use of complementary and alternative medicine in South Australia: costs and beliefs in 2004 | - |
dc.type | Journal article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00092.x | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
dc.identifier.orcid | Taylor, A. [0000-0002-4422-7974] | - |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 6 Obstetrics and Gynaecology publications |
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