Complementary therapy use in persons with HIV/AIDS.
J Holist Nurs
; 20(3): 264-78, 2002 Sep.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12240957
The purpose of this study was to describe the frequency and correlates of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies used by people with HIV/AIDS to manage illness and treatment-related symptoms. Data were collected from a convenience sample (N = 422) of people living with HIV disease. Demographic variables (e.g., education, age, and gender) were compared for those who reported using at least one CAM therapy. There were significant differences for gender (chi2 = 4.003, df = 1, p = .045) and for ethnicity (chi2 = 6.042, df = 2, p = .049). Females and African Americans used CAM more frequently. More than one third of the participants used CAM, and there were a total of 246 critical incidents of nontraditional treatment use. It is possible that these nonallopathic interventions may positively affect health-related quality of life in persons with HIV by ameliorating or reducing the side effects associated with the disease and its treatments.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Terapias Complementarias
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Actitud Frente a la Salud
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Infecciones por VIH
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Patient_preference
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Holist Nurs
Asunto de la revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos