WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE USE--MULTIETHNIC SURVEY

描述(改编自申请人的摘要)：数量不断增加 美国人正在使用补充和替代疗法(CAM)和 大多数用户是女性。然而，人们对这种疾病的流行率和 妇女使用CAM的模式，所使用的治疗的感知效果，以及 与妇女健康相关的使用CAM的因素。信息是 尤其是少数族裔女性，由于文化或其他原因， 可能比其他人更有可能使用CAM。该计划的主要目标是 拟议的研究将在全国范围内进行一项多语言调查，调查对象包括 3300名年龄在18岁至80岁之间的女性平均分布在高加索人、非裔美国人、 墨西哥裔美国人和华裔美国人确定女性 使用补充药物解决妇女的健康问题。 调查的具体目的是：1)描述计算机辅助教学的使用模式 妇女一生中经历的健康状况，包括月经情况 疾病、更年期症状、妊娠症状和妇科 障碍；2)描述所使用的CAM的广泛类别以及具体的 在每一类中使用的补救措施，无论是在全国范围内还是在四个类别中的每一个 种族/族裔群体；3)确定是否流行和模式 在四个目标种族/族裔群体中，妇女使用CAM的情况有所不同；以及4)到 检查在每个种族/民族群体中使用CAM的协变量。是这样的 这些因素可能包括年龄、健康状况、教育程度、 文化适应和态度。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from the Applicant's Abstract): Increasing numbers of Americans are using complementary and alternative therapies (CAM) and the majority of users are women. Yet little is known about the prevalence and patterns of women's CAM use, the perceived efficacy of treatments used, and factors associated with using CAM for women's health concerns. Information is especially sparse regarding minority women who, for cultural or other reasons, may be more likely than others to use CAM. The primary objective of the proposed study is to conduct a nationwide, multilingual survey of approximately 3300 women aged 18-80 equally distributed among Caucasians, African-Americans, Mexican-Americans and Chinese-Americans to determine the prevalence of women's use of complementary medicine for women's health concerns. The specific aims of the survey are: 1) to describe patterns of CAM use for women's health conditions experienced over the life-cycle, including menstrual disorders, menopausal symptoms, symptoms of pregnancy and gynecological disorders; 2) to describe broad categories of CAM used, as well as specific remedies used in each category, both nationally and in each of the four racial/ethnic groups; 3) to determine whether the prevalence and patterns of CAM use differ among women in the four targeted racial/ethnic groups; and 4) to examine the covariates of CAM use in each of the racial/ethnic groups. Such factors ma include age, health status, educational attainment, level of acculturation, and attitudes.