Knowledge, quality of life, and use of complementary and alternative medicine and therapies in inflammatory bowel disease: A Comparison of Chinese and Caucasian patients

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1672-1676

  Leong, Rupert W L ^a   Lawrance, Ian C ^b   Ching, Jessica Y L ^a   Cheung, Carrian M Y ^a   Fung, Sara S L ^a   Ho, Jenny N C ^a   Philpott, Jillian ^b   Wallace, Alison R ^b   Sung, Joseph J Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asia; complementary and alternative medicine; inflammatory bowel disease; knowledge; quality of life; questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; OCCUPATION; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 4644312511     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:DDAS.0000043384.26092.f4     Document Type: Article

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