A longitudinal analysis of self-prescribed complementary and alternative medicine use by a nationally representative sample of 19, 783 Australian women, 2006–2010. Issue 5 (October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bowe, Steven; Adams, Jon; Lui, Chi-Wai; Sibbritt, David
• Is Part Of: Complementary therapies in medicine. Volume 23:Issue 5(2015)
• Page Start: 699
• Page End: 704
• Publication Date: 2015-10
• Subjects: Alternative medicine -- Periodicals; Complementary Therapies -- Periodicals; Médecines parallèles -- Périodiques; Thérapeutique -- Périodiques; Alternative medicine; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 615.5
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2015.06.011
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0965-2299

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0020"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">Approximately 3 in 4 young and mid-aged Australian women use self-prescribed CAM.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">Use of herbal medicine was higher in mid-aged women, compared to young women.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">There was a substantial increase over three years in the use of vitamins/minerals.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">There was a considerable decline over three years in use of aromatherapy oils.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>