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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Division of Adult and Community Health
Health Care and Aging Studies Branch
Arthritis Program
Mailstop K-51
4770 Buford Highway NE
Atlanta, GA 30341-3724
Phone: 770.488.5464
Fax: 770.488.5964
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CDC-Funded Science
Use of Complementary Therapies among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White
Adults with Arthritis
Funding Number
U48-CCU610818-07 (SIP 4-00)
Project Description
Use of complementary and alternative therapies (CAM) is reported to
be high among people with arthritis, but little information has been
available on the use of CAM among individuals with doctor-diagnosed
arthritis who are seen by primary care physicians. The purpose of this
study was to assess the use of CAM among predominantly urban Hispanic
and non-Hispanic adults with physician-diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis
(RA),
osteoarthritis (OA), or fibromyalgia. Six hundred twelve adults with arthritis, who saw
physicians in primary care clinics associated with the University of New
Mexico, were interviewed to determine their use of CAM; of those
interviewed, 45% were Hispanic and 71% were female.
Key Findings
- 69% of respondents reported current CAM use; 90% of respondents
reported they had tried CAM at some point for their arthritis.
- CAM therapies most frequently used at the time of the interview
were:
- Nutritional supplements (mainly glucosamine and chondrotin)
(34%)
- Mind-body approaches (29%)
- Herbal topical ointments (25%).
- CAM users with fibromyalgia currently used an average of 3.9 CAM
therapies; CAM users with RA used 2.4, and CAM users with OA used
2.1 CAM therapies on average.
- Current CAM use was associated with being female, under 55 years
of age, and having some college education.
- 67% of CAM users had told their doctor they were using CAM.
Abstracts, Publications, Presentations
Herman CJ, Allen P, Hunt WC, Prasad A, Brady TJ. Use of
Complementary therapies among primary care clinic patients with
arthritis. Preventing Chronic Disease (serial online) 2004 Oct.
Available from
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2004/oct/03_0036.htm
Herman CJ, Allen P, Hunt WC, Pareo S, Prasad A. Complementary
Therapies Use Among Older Adults with Arthritis. JAGS 2003, 51:S53.
Principal Investigator
Carla J. Herman, M.D., M.P.H.
Chief, Division of Geriatrics
Department of Internal Medicine,
School of Medicine
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
cherman@salud.unm.edu
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Page last reviewed: June 4, 2008
Page last modified: July 11, 2006
Content Source: Division of
Adult and Community Health,
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