Use of complementary and alternative medicine among United States adults: The influences of personality, coping strategies, and social support

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-53

  Honda, Keiko ^a   Jacobson, Judith S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Coping style; Personality; Psychological; Social support

Indexed keywords

MULTIVITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; EXERCISE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; LEISURE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDITATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SAMPLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 7644222588     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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