- Title
- Complementary and alternative medicine practitioner consultations among those who have or have had cancer in a Norwegian total population (Nord-Trondelag Health Study): prevalence, socio-demographics and health perceptions
- Creator
- Steinsbekk, A.; Adams, J.; Sibbritt, D.; Johnsen, R.
- Relation
- European Journal of Cancer Care Vol. 19, Issue 3, p. 346-351
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2354.2008.01049.x
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2010
- Description
- The aim of the study was to identify the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners among current and previous cancer patients in a total population. A secondary analysis of data from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (otherwise known as the HUNT 2 Study) – a total population survey conducted in central Norway – was undertaken. Analysis focused upon the response of 1406 individuals who reported to have or have had cancer and who answered a question on visits to CAM practitioners. The study identified 16.1% of respondents had visited a CAM practitioner in the prior 12 months compared with 12.8% in the total population, and the likelihood of consulting a CAM practitioner was significantly increased among those who had a university degree, who reported a lower perceived global health and who had experienced a health complaint during the last 12 months. Complementary and alternative medicine practitioner consultations among individuals with a previous or current malignant disease were highest for those with poor self-reported health status and with a recent health complaint. From the socio-demographic variables studied only the reporting of a university degree was significantly associated with higher CAM practitioner use.
- Subject
- complementary and alternative medicine; Norway; homeopathy; chiropractic; population; neoplasm
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/931520
- Identifier
- uon:11090
- Identifier
- ISSN:0961-5423
- Language
- eng
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