- Title
- Is there an association between women's consultations with a massage therapist and health-related quality of life? Analyses of 1800 women aged 56-61 years
- Creator
- Frawley, Jane; Peng, Wenbo; Sibbritt, David; Ward, Lesley; Lauche, Romy; Zhang, Yan; Adams, Jon
- Relation
- Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies Vol. 20, Issue 4, p. 734-739
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2016.04.008
- Publisher
- Churchill Livingstone
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- Background: The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is commonplace in Australia with massage being a popular CAM modality. Methods: This is a sub-study from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH). A total of 2120 mid-age (56-61 year old) women who consulted a CAM practitioner were invited to participate in this study. The Short-Form (SF-36) questionnaire was used to measure women's health-related quality of life. Results: A total of 1800 women returned the questionnaire generating a response rate of 85.0%. Overall, 912 (50.7%) women visited a massage therapist in the previous 12 months. Women with lower quality of life scores in terms of bodily pain (p = 0.012) and/or emotional health (p = 0.029) were more likely to consult a massage therapist than those with higher scores. Conclusion: The implications of these associations are important for informing healthcare providers in providing effective and coordinated care for patients with pain and mood symptoms.
- Subject
- manual therapies; massage; quality of life; complementary medicine; SF-36
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1343396
- Identifier
- uon:29155
- Identifier
- ISSN:1360-8592
- Language
- eng
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