Therapy-dependent inconsistencies in self-reported use of complementary and alternative medicine in the general population: findings from a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Information on the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the general population is often collected by means of surveys, causing the reliability of data to rely on the memory accuracy of the respondent. The objective of this study was to examine the consistency in self-reported CAM use using data from two survey waves 4 years apart.

Design

Longitudinal study.

Setting/participants

Data were obtained from the Danish Health and Morbidity Surveys. A nationally representative subsample of the individuals invited in 2013 was reinvited in 2017. In all, 2297 individuals (≥16 years) completed the self-administered questionnaire in both waves, including questions on for example, CAM use.

Main outcome measures

The use of six different CAM therapi

SUBMITTER: Jensen HAR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8628339 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature