Complementary and alternative medicine use in patients with chronic diseases in primary care is associated with perceived quality of care and cultural beliefs

Family Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 654-660

  Lee, G B W ^a   Charn, T C ^a   Chew, Z H ^a   Ng, T P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Care satisfaction; Chronic diseases; Complementary alternative medicine; Prevalence; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASTHMA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GOUT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TAI CHI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 10644236147     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh613     Document Type: Article

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