Use of complementary and alternative medicine among women with depression: results of a national survey.
Use of complementary and alternative medicine among women with depression: results of a national survey.
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患有抑郁症的女性使用补充和替代医学：一项全国调查的结果。
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10.1176/ps.2007.58.3.349
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2007
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Kronenberg,Fredi
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Wu,Ping;Fuller,Cordelia;Liu,Xinhua;Lee,Hsin-Chien;Fan,Bin;Hoven,ChristinaW;Mandell,Donald;Wade,Christine;Kronenberg,Fredi
本研究调查了抑郁症妇女使用补充和替代疗法的模式和原因，特别关注三种流行的补充和替代疗法-手工疗法（例如，脊椎按摩疗法、按摩和指压），草药，多种族样本包括220名抑郁症妇女，作为全国代表性电话调查的一部分进行评估。调查的3,068名妇女。结果百分之五十四的这些妇女抑郁症报告去年使用补充和替代医学。与非西班牙裔白色女性相比，非裔美国女性一般不太可能使用补充和替代疗法。其他与使用补充和替代医学显著相关的因素包括就业，单身和自我感觉健康状况不佳。社会人口因素与使用三种单独检查的治疗类型之间的关系不同于其与一般补充和替代医学的关系。参与者最常引用的使用这些疗法的原因是希望治疗基于“自然方法”，希望治疗与他们自己的价值观和信仰一致，和过去的经验，其中传统的药物治疗造成了不愉快的副作用或似乎无效。结论这是重要的精神卫生和其他卫生专业人员，以提高自己的意识类型的补充和替代疗法，他们的病人可能会使用，并改善沟通与他们的病人有关的好处和潜在的风险，这些疗法。（精神病学服务58：349-356，2007）
ObjectiveThis study examined patterns of and reasons for use of com-plementary and alternative therapies among women with depression, focusing in particular on three popular types of complementary and alternative therapies—manual therapies (for example, chiropractic treatments, massage, and acupressure), herbs, and vitamins.MethodsThe multiethnic sample consisted of 220 women with depression who were assessed as part of a nationally representative telephone survey of 3,068 women.ResultsFifty-four percent of these women with depression reported past-year use of complementary and alternative medicine. African-American women were less likely to use complementary and alternative therapies in general, compared with non-Hispanic white women. Other factors significantly associated with use of complementary and alternative medicine in general included being employed, being single, and having self-perceived poor health. The relationships between the sociodemographic factors and use of each of the three individually examined types of therapies differed from their relationships with use of complementary and alternative medicine in general. Participants’ most commonly cited reasons for use of these therapies were wanting treatments to be based on a “natural approach,” wanting treatments to be congruent with their own values and beliefs, and past experiences in which conventional medical therapies had caused unpleasant side effects or had seemed ineffective.ConclusionsIt is important for mental health and other health professionals to increase their own awareness of the types of complementary and alternative therapies that their patients may be using and to improve communication with their patients about the benefits and potential risks of these therapies.(Psychiatric Services 58: 349–356, 2007)