使用非传统疗法与使用传统医疗服务之间的关联
1Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, West Haven, Conn, USA. benjamin.druss@yale.edu
JAMA
|October 12, 1999
概括
非传统疗法通常与传统医疗保健一起使用,而不是作为替代品. 这项研究发现,使用两种类型护理的患者有更多的医生访问和预防服务.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 综合医学是一个整体的医学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 替代医学和补充医学之间的区别是不清楚的,与不确定性关于他们的使用作为替代品或常规护理的辅助.
- 之前的国家调查报告了使用非传统治疗的不同患病率.
研究的目的:
- 调查在美国全国人口样本中使用非传统疗法和传统医疗保健之间的关联.
- 澄清非传统疗法是否被用作标准医疗治疗的替代方案或补充.
主要方法:
- 来自1996年医疗支出小组调查的数据分析,这是美国非机构化平民人口的基于概率的样本.
- 包括16068名年龄在18岁及以上的成年人,收集了对非传统疗法和传统医疗服务的医生访问的数据.
- 评估住院,门诊,急诊室的访问,以及使用八种预防性医疗服务.
主要成果:
- 1996年,6.5%的美国人口使用了非传统疗法和传统医疗保健;1.8%只使用了非传统服务.
- 使用两种类型护理的个体表现出明显更多的门诊医生访问 (7.9比5.4) 和更多的预防性服务使用大多数与仅使用传统护理的人相比.
- 在较高的医生访问数量和使用非传统疗法之间发现了显著的关联,即使在调整了混因素之后.
结论:
- 这个样本中使用非传统疗法的流行率低于之前报告的,但与医生服务利用率增加有关.
- 从医疗服务的角度来看,基于实践者的非传统疗法似乎更像是对传统医学的补充,而不是替代.
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