Complementary and alternative medicine use in Australia: a national population-based survey

CCL Xue, AL Zhang, V Lin, C Da Costa… - The Journal of …, 2007 - liebertpub.com
Objective: To investigate the use of and expenditure on 17 of the most popular forms of
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by adult Australians, sociodemographic …

Complementary and alternative medicine use in England: results from a national survey

KJ Hunt, HF Coelho, B Wider, R Perry… - … journal of clinical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: In many countries, recent data on the use of complementary and alternative
medicine (CAM) are available. However, in England, there is a paucity of such data. We …

Complementary alternative medicine (CAM) use in Ireland: a secondary analysis of SLAN data

P Fox, B Coughlan, M Butler, C Kelleher - Complementary Therapies in …, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: National prevalence studies on CAM use have been undertaken internationally,
however, to date no such studies have been performed in Ireland. The aim of this study was …

Who uses CAM? A narrative review of demographic characteristics and health factors associated with CAM use

FL Bishop, GT Lewith - Evidence‐Based Complementary and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM) are used by an extensive number of
patients in the UK and elsewhere. In order to understand this pattern of behavior, it is helpful …

The continuing use of complementary and alternative medicine in South Australia: costs and beliefs in 2004

AH MacLennan, SP Myers… - Medical journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To survey the use, cost, beliefs and quality of life of users of complementary and
alternative medicine (CAM). Design: A representative population survey conducted in 2004 …

Factors influencing the use of complementary and alternative medicine and whether patients inform their primary care physician

P Thomson, J Jones, JM Evans, SL Leslie - Complementary therapies in …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) is widespread.
Several studies have explored why individuals chose to use CAM but there are fewer data to …

[HTML][HTML] The prevalence, patterns of usage and people's attitude towards complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among the Indian community in Chatsworth …

V Singh, DM Raidoo, CS Harries - BMC complementary and alternative …, 2004 - Springer
Background The purpose of this study was to determine, among the Indian community of
Chatsworth, South Africa, the prevalence and utilisation patterns of complementary and …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by patients/consumers in the UK: systematic review of surveys

P Posadzki, LK Watson, A Alotaibi, E Ernst - Clinical medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
This systematic review aimed to estimate the prevalence of use of complementary and
alternative medicine (CAM) in the UK. Five databases were searched for English language …

The prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine use among the general population: a systematic review of the literature

P Harris, R Rees - Complementary therapies in medicine, 2000 - Elsevier
Objective: To conduct a systematic review of published research investigating the
prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use in the general …

Use of complementary or alternative medicine in a general population in Great Britain. Results from the National Omnibus survey

K Thomas, P Coleman - Journal of Public Health, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Background A representative sample of the adults in England, Scotland and Wales was
interviewed to estimate levels of use of complementary or alternative medicines (CAMs) and …