Research: Older Australian Women Identified Their Use of CAM as Being Driven by Personal Choice and a Desire to Maintain Control of Their Healthcare Options
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use
Among Older Australian Women - A Qualitative Analysis
Deirdre McLaughlin, Chi-Wai Lui, and Jon Adams
Abstract
Background: The use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) among older adults is an emerging health issue, however little is known about older people’s experiences of using CAM and the cultural, geographical and other determinants of
Results: The women expressed a range of views on CAM which fell into three broad themes: “push” factors such as dissatisfaction with conventional health services, “pull” factors which emphasised the positive aspects of choice and self-care in health matters, and barriers to
Conclusions:
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1. Background
2. Methods
1. Study design
2. Data collection
3. Data analysis
3. Results
1. “Push” factors
2. “Pull” factors
3. Barriers to
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
6. References
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