Complementary and alternative therapy use at end-of-life in community settings.
Complementary and alternative therapy use at end-of-life in community settings.
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在社区环境中临终时使用补充和替代疗法。
DOI：
10.1089/acm.2004.10.811
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2004
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Tolle,SuasnW
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作者：
Tilden,VirginiaP;Drach,LindaL;Tolle,SuasnW
目的：探讨补充和替代医学（CAM）的使用率由一个结束的生命population.Design：随机选择的死亡证明书，用于找到家庭照顾者谁通过电话采访2-5个月后decidents ' deaths.Participants：已故的科目死于自然原因，在社区设置。家庭照顾者非常参与的照顾和决策的死者在他们的绝症Measure：家庭照顾者报告的死者是否使用CAM，类型的方式，和动机use.Results：CAM使用死者报告的53.7%的家庭照顾者。使用CAM的死者更有可能更年轻，拥有大学学位和更高的家庭收入，并且使用过一种或多种维持生命的治疗。死者使用CAM的最常见的原因是症状relief.Conclusions：随着婴儿潮一代的年龄，使他们的CAM熟悉和以前的做法进入生命的终结阶段，临床医生需要知道，CAM使用症状控制可能是普遍的。
Objective:To investigate the prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use by an end-of- life population.Design:Random selection of death certificates used to locate family caregivers who were interviewed by telephone 2–5 months following decedents' deaths.Participants:Decedent subjects died of natural causes in community settings. Family caregivers were very involved in the care and decision making for decedents during their terminal illness.Measure:Family caregivers reported on whether decedents had used CAM, type of modality, and motivation for use.Results:CAM use by decedents was reported by 53.7% of family caregivers. Decedents who had used CAM were more likely to be younger, to have college degrees and higher household incomes, and to have used one or more life-sustaining treatment. The most frequent reason the decedents had used CAM was for symptom relief.Conclusions:As baby boomers age, bringing their CAM familiarity and previous practices into the end-of-life phase, clinicians will need to be aware that CAM use for symptom control is likely to be prevalent.