Higher internality of health locus of control is associated with the use of complementary and alternative medicine providers among patients seeking care for acute low-back pain

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 725-730

  Ono, Rei ^a,b   Higashi, Takahiro ^c   Suzukamo, Yoshimi ^d   Konno, Shinichi ^e   Takahashi, Osamu ^f   Tokuda, Yasuharu ^f   Rhaman, Mahbubur ^f   Shimbo, Takuro ^g   Endo, Hiroyoshi ^h   Hinohara, Shigeaki ^f   Fukui, Tsuguya ^f   Fukuhara, Shunichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Health locus of control; Internality; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LOCUS OF CONTROL; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 8; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 58149393464     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181759261     Document Type: Article

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