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The relationship between complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use and quality of life among individuals with chronic pain: results from a nationally representative sample

Background: Chronic pain is a major public health concern in Canada, with an estimated annual cost of $6 billion in direct health care expenses. At the same time, Canadians are participating in an increased use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies.
Purpose: The purpose of this quantitative research study was to examine the relationship between the use of CAM and HRQOL for individuals living with chronic pain.
Method: This study was a secondary data analysis of the nationally representative Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) Cycle 3.1 Subsample 1 collected by Statistics Canada in 2005 (n=32,133).
Results: The prevalence of CAM use for the Canadian population was 20.9% whereas for the chronic pain subset, it was 30.8%. CAM users had 1.48 times increased odds of reporting a high HRQOL than non-CAM users (CI=1.16-1.88).
Conclusion: These results demonstrate that a modest but significant positive association exists between CAM use and a high HRQOL.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:MANITOBA/oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/23423
Date09 April 2014
CreatorsFriesen, Elizabeth Louise
ContributorsChase, Robert (Community Health Sciences), Afifi, Tracie (Community Health Sciences) Roy, Ranjan (Social Work) Shooshtari, Shahin (Community Health Sciences)
Source SetsUniversity of Manitoba Canada
Detected LanguageEnglish

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