Effects of a pain education program in Complementary and Alternative Medicine treatment utilization at a VA medical center. Issue 3 (June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cosio, David; Lin, Erica H.
• Is Part Of: Complementary therapies in medicine. Volume 23:Issue 3(2015)
• Page Start: 413
• Page End: 422
• Publication Date: 2015-06
• Subjects: Alternative medicine -- Periodicals; Complementary Therapies -- Periodicals; Médecines parallèles -- Périodiques; Thérapeutique -- Périodiques; Alternative medicine; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 615.5
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2015.04.005
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0965-2299

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par8125">Veterans may not be fully aware of CAM options available at the VA.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par8126">Veterans report an overall increase in CAM utilization after completing a education program.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par8127">Differences in CAM use were found for gender, race, ethnicity, and community.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par8128">The chiropractor was most utilized modality; hypnosis and aromatherapy were least.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0025"> <label></label> <p id="par8129">Suggestions made for providers in health care systems without an education program.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>